Perfect Lemon Bars
Perfect Lemon Bars

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, perfect lemon bars. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Perfect Lemon Bars is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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. Prepare For crust:
  2. Take 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour/ maida
  3. Get 2/3 cup powder sugar (confectioners sugar)
  4. Get 1 tsp grated lemon zest
  5. Take 1/4 cup corn starch
  6. Prepare 3/4 teaspoon salt
  7. Prepare 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1 inch cubes
  8. Make ready For Lemon Filling:
  9. Make ready 4 large eggs
  10. Get 1 1/3 cup white sugar
  11. Make ready 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour/maida
  12. Take 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
  13. Make ready 2/3 cup lemon juice
  14. Make ready 1/3 cup milk
  15. Prepare 1/8 teaspoon salt

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. Lemon Juice - lip-smacking lemon juice.

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

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. How Do You Make Lemon Bars (Step-by-Step) ⭐ First, combine cold butter, flour, cornstarch, sugar, salt, and lemon zest and mix together until mixture resembles coarse meal. ⭐ Next, press dough into pan and then poke all over with a fork.

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