Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, lemon bars. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
For the filling, whisk together the eggs, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and flour. 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. Cut together the butter, flour, granulated sugar and salt.
Lemon bars is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Lemon bars is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lemon bars using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon bars:
- Take 2 cups all purpose Flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup Sugar
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Take 1 stick butter ( unsalted )
- Make ready For the Filling:
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups sugar
- Take 1/4 cup Flour
- Get 4 eggs
- Prepare Zest of 2 Lemons
- Make ready 4 small lemons (juice 2/3 cup)
- Take For the Crust When Finished:
- Take Powdered sugar
Combine all filling ingredients in bowl. Beat at medium speed until well mixed. Pour lemon mixture evenly over hot, partially baked crust. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, if desired, when the bars are done.
Instructions to make Lemon bars:
- First preheat oven 350°F. - Now start making the crust first add all ingredients together and by hand mash and mix all until dough is firm enough to roll like a ball
- Then you oil the 8x8 or a perfect square pan and spread evenly the dough and back it for 20 minutes until edges are brown
- While that is in the oven start on the filling. Mix together all the ingredients for the filling and use a hand mixer or a cake mixer and mix on medium for 5 to 8 minutes the filling will look watery thats ok with a lil bit if dough look
- Once the crust is done then take it out leave five minutes then pour the filling you just mixed on top
- Now put the crust and the filling that you just made it back in the oven for 20 more minutes
- Once done leave out for about 15 minutes and then put powder sugar cut in perfect squares and serve
- Fin
Pour lemon mixture evenly over hot, partially baked crust. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, if desired, when the bars are done. Let cool completely before cutting into bars. These are classic lemon bars featuring a soft butter shortbread crust and a tangy sweet lemon curd filling that's baked to the perfect consistency. The lemon layer is thick and substantial, not thin or flimsy like most other lemon bar recipes.
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