Lemon Bars
Lemon Bars are the EASIEST answer to the question: "What's for dessert?" ??
Author: The Chef
Cuisine: American
Recipe type: Breakfast
Ingredients
Crust:
- 2 sticks salted butter, cut into cubes, plus more for greasing the pan
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Filling:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 6 large eggs
- Zest and juice of 5 lemons
- Powdered sugar, for sifting
Instructions
- Special equipment: 9 x 13 inch pan
- For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch pan with butter and line with foil.
- Cut together the butter, flour, granulated sugar and salt. Press into the prepared pan and bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
- For the filling: Whisk together the granulated sugar, flour and eggs until smooth. Add the lemon zest and juice and mix until combined. Pour over the crust and bake until just set, about 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours, then sift powdered sugar over the top before cutting into squares.
Watch the recipe video here:
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Posted by Food Network on Saturday, March 3, 2018
