- Calories 205
- Caloriesfromfat 39%
- Protein 2.4g
- Fat 8.8g
- Satfat 5.1g
- Carbohydrate 30g
- Fiber 0.3g
- Sodium 112mg
- Cholesterol 57mg
Buttery Lemon Squares
Photo: James Carrier
With a buttery crust and custard-like filling, these lemon squares taste as good as they look. A dusting of powdered sugar completes the bar cookie recipe.
How to Make It
Step 1
In a bowl, with an electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar until smooth. Beat in 2 cups flour until dough is no longer crumbly. Pat into a ball.
Step 2
Press dough evenly into a buttered and floured 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Bake in a 350° oven until golden, about 20 minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile, in a food processor, or in a bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, whirl or beat granulated sugar, remaining 1/3 cup flour, baking powder, grated lemon peel, lemon juice, and eggs to blend. Pour onto hot crust.
Step 4
Bake until lemon mixture is no longer runny in the center (cut to test), 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and dust with remaining 2 tablespoons powdered sugar.
Step 5
Let cool completely in pan, then cut into 24 bars.
Step 6
Note: Nutritional analysis is per bar. The lemon squares can be chilled airtight for up to 2 days.
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JustKat's Review
I have made these several times and they are gone in minutes. When I don't bring them I hear " . . . . . but I had my heart and mouth all set for your lemon bars."
bakingtime's Review
Made these luscious lemony bars several times. Get many requests to make again and again. Suggest doubling or tripling the lemon zest if you really like lemon. Watch your oven door window so as not to over bake. I wait until the crust on the edges just "barely" brown. Tastes best chilled in my opinion.
jeannebailey's Review
fantastic recipe. Think the cooking times are off however, the cookie base got too brown, as did the lemon custard part. They were delicious, but tasted overcooked.
and i took them out early.
JulioJ's Review
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nmossberg's Review
Delicious, love lemons. So easy but hard to eat just a few at a time!! A definite repeat.
charoulli's Review
These were amazing! Butter cookie with a lemon custard topping. Yummm!!!
timetest44's Review
good one
realsimple1007's Review
Nice recipe
Laceemae's Review
These taste amazing. The only reason why I am giving them a 4 instead of a 5 is b/c 1- they aren't very forgiving. I could my for 35 minutes just like it said, and the edges were burnt so bad they aren't edible. I just cut off the edges of the whole pan an served the inside portion and they taster great and were a great texture, but they're super easy to overcook. And like other reviewers said, the crust is a tad on the bland side, it could easily take on double the amount of powdered sugar. Also with the crust, if I made this again, I would 1 and 1/2 half the crust recipe so it's a thicker crust and I would do the same with the custard, either that or put it in a smaller pan than 9x13 like it says, they're just super thin.
AmyHawkins's Review