Lemon Bars
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This week is my annual lemon week. I really do love the flavor of lemon and everyone should have a lemon bars recipe in their collection.
This lemon bar recipes is one I got from a good friend of mine. She made them one time and I fell in love the moment I had one. They look fancy but really are simple to make!
The bottom is a nice buttery shortbread like crust followed by a luscious creamy lemony layer that creates a ever so lightly crispy crust like layer on top as it bakes.
Of course, it all must be finished off with a sprinkling of powdered sugar. These would be awesome to make for mom for Mother’s Day too! I’m telling you this is THE LEMON BAR RECIPE to make.
Lemon Bars
Real Mom Kitchen
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 6 Tbsp lemon juice
- 4 Tbsp flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- additional powdered sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a bowl, whisk together the 2 cups of flour with the 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Then cut in the 1 cup of butter until it looks like coarse crumbs.
- Press evenly into the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
- While the crust bakes, add the eggs 2 cups of sugar, and lemon juice to a bowl and beat together. Then whisk in the flour, salt, and baking powder. Pour mixture over crust after it has baked for 20 minutes. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
- Allow bars to fully cool, cut into squares and dust with powdered sugar to serve. Makes 20 bars.
