Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon bars. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Lemon Bars is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have lemon bars using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon Bars:
- Make ready Crust
- Take 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- Make ready 1/2 cup white sugar
- Prepare 2 cups all purpose flour
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Get Custard
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Prepare 1/2 cup lemon juice
- Get 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- Take 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- Make ready Toppings
- Prepare Powdered sugar
Combine all filling ingredients in bowl. Beat at medium speed until well mixed. Pour lemon mixture evenly over hot, partially baked crust. Let cool completely before cutting into bars.
Instructions to make Lemon Bars:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- In a medium bowl, combine ingredients for the crust (softened butter, 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar and salt).
- Press the dough in an ungreased 9x13 inch pan. Use a fork to poke holes in the dough.
- Bake the crust for 15 minutes until firm and golden.
- In another bowl, whisk the eggs, lemon juice, and white sugar. Then add the flour.
- Take the crust out of the oven and let it cool for a few minutes.
- Pour the custard mixture in the baked crust and put it back in the oven for 15 mins.
- Let the lemon bars cool to room temperature.
- Cut the lemon bars into squares then sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
Pour lemon mixture evenly over hot, partially baked crust. Let cool completely before cutting into bars. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, if desired, when the bars are done. Add the lemon zest and juice and mix until combined. I love lemon bars, but they often fall by the wayside and get forgotten for months at a time in our house.
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