Perfect Lemon Bars
Perfect Lemon Bars

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, perfect lemon bars. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

These Lemon Bars are hands down the BEST lemon bars EVER! Shortbread crust is topped with a tart, rich lemon center and finished off with a sprinkling of powder sugar. I love making bar desserts because they are super easy to make and it is all in one pan. You have to try my favorites bars like these Neiman Marcus, Cookie Dough, and Carmelitas!

Perfect Lemon Bars is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Perfect Lemon Bars is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook perfect lemon bars using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Perfect Lemon Bars:
  1. Make ready For crust:
  2. Take 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour/ maida
  3. Make ready 2/3 cup powder sugar (confectioners sugar)
  4. Prepare 1 tsp grated lemon zest
  5. Prepare 1/4 cup corn starch
  6. Prepare 3/4 teaspoon salt
  7. Get 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1 inch cubes
  8. Get For Lemon Filling:
  9. Take 4 large eggs
  10. Prepare 1 1/3 cup white sugar
  11. Take 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour/maida
  12. Prepare 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
  13. Get 2/3 cup lemon juice
  14. Prepare 1/3 cup milk
  15. Take 1/8 teaspoon salt

And don't miss their cousin, these Lemon Gooey Bars. With a triple dose of lemon from lemon cake, lemon zest, and lemon curd. Granulated Sugar - this lemon bar recipe has the perfect amount of sugar to the tart lemon flavor. Eggs - for thickening and setting that top layer through the baking process.

Instructions to make Perfect Lemon Bars:
  1. Line a 9 X 13 baking dish with parchment paper (base and height). I used the kneading paddle in the food processor to make the crust.
  2. Process flour, powdered sugar (make it at home by blending 1 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon of cornflour.The cornflour prevents the sugar from caking), cornstarch, salt and lemon zest and pulse until it's combined. Add butter and process to blend for 10 seconds. Then pulse till the mixture is light yellow colour and has the constancy of semolina (rava)/ cornmeal. Cornstarch gives the crust a melt-in-your-mouth consistency.
  3. Fill this mixture into the lined baking tray and flatten with your fingers or the bottom of a measuring cup. Cool this in the fridge for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked till the crust is golden brown.
  4. The lemon filling must be added to a warm crust, so be sure to prepare the filling while the crust bakes. Whisk eggs, sugar and flour. Add lemon juice, zest, milk and salt to this mixture and blend well.
  5. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F. Pour the lemon filling on the warm crust and bake until the filling feels firm when touched lightly about 20 minutes. Transfer the bake along with the parchment paper on to a wire rack and let it cool for 20- 30 minutes or until done. The lemon bars firm in this cooling process. Sieve powdered sugar over it and cut into squares. If you prefer your lemon bars really sweet, increase the amount of sugar by a few tablespoons. Enjoy!
  6. Cut into desired size: enjoy a refreshing treat

Granulated Sugar - this lemon bar recipe has the perfect amount of sugar to the tart lemon flavor. Eggs - for thickening and setting that top layer through the baking process. Lemon Juice - lip-smacking lemon juice. The bars will firm up as they cool. For a festive tray, make another pan using limes instead of lemons and adding a drop of green food coloring to give a very pale green.

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