Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, perfect lemon bars. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Perfect Lemon Bars is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Perfect Lemon Bars is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
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!
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have perfect lemon bars using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Perfect Lemon Bars:
- Make ready For crust:
- Prepare 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour/ maida
- Prepare 2/3 cup powder sugar (confectioners sugar)
- Make ready 1 tsp grated lemon zest
- Get 1/4 cup corn starch
- Get 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Get 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1 inch cubes
- Get For Lemon Filling:
- Make ready 4 large eggs
- Take 1 1/3 cup white sugar
- Prepare 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour/maida
- Take 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- Make ready 2/3 cup lemon juice
- Take 1/3 cup milk
- Prepare 1/8 teaspoon salt
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.
Instructions to make Perfect Lemon Bars:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- Cut into desired size: enjoy a refreshing treat
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. Put a long piece of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan, letting the parchment extend up two sides of the pan and overhang slightly on both ends, and then lay second sheet crosswise over it. For the filling, whisk together the eggs, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and flour. In Perfect Bar Unwrapped, we're sharing exactly what goes into our bars that makes 'em so darn good for you.
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