Sunshine “Lemon Bars”

Ingredients

  • CRUST:
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • FILLING:
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • ¼ cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2  eggs, beaten

Directions

Note: I like to double the ingredients, and bake this in a 9×13 baking pan; otherwise use an 8″ square baking pan. Prepare your baking pan with non-stick spray. I like to make a parchment paper “sling”, which I clamp down with small metal binder clips (great tip). Crust: Mix butter, flour and powdered sugar until fine and crumbly, pat into bottom of a 9 inch square pan. (Tip: I pulse the crust ingredients in my food processor, which makes the job quick and easy.) Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Filling: Sift the sugar, flour and baking powder. Mix the lemon juice, grated peel, sugar, flour, baking powder and eggs and pour over the baked crust. Place in a 350°F oven and bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes. If using a sling, lift out of the pan and cut the bars into about 24 cookies. Dust with powdered sugar and serve. Store in an airtight containe

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