Best Lemon Bars

Luby Luby Luby's Note:

This recipe comes from Gourmet Magazine. It is very simple and delicious.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 Bars

Shortbread Base

• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Topping

• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling

Directions:

1. Shortbread Base:Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cut butter into 1/2 inch pieces.
3. In food processor, process all ingredients until mixture begins to form small lumps.
4. Press mixture evenly into 9x13 baking pan.
5. Bake in middle of oven until golden, about 20 minutes.
6. While shortbread is baking, prepare topping.
7. Topping: In bowl whisk together eggs and granulated sugar until combined well.
8. Stir in lemon juice and flour.
9. Pour lemon mixture over hot shortbread base.
10. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake in middle of oven until set, about 30 minutes.
11. Let cool completely in pan then sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.

Reviews

[~cbw~]

Like Junebug, I found these to be good and easily made with normal ingredients. I did make a few adjustments. Those were to half the recipe and make in an 8z8 pan, added a little extra sugar(1 1/4 cups-recipe halved-but still found it to be a little tart for my taste), used bottled lemon juice instead of fresh, and used margarine instead of unsalted butter and omitted the salt in the crust. Also, I didn't use my food processor, just cut my butter, flour, and sugar with a pastry blender. Thanks for sharing your recipe, seahorse73!

[LonghornMama]

Fantastic! These really are the best lemon bars. Perfect amount of tangy lemon flavor balanced by a tender butter crust bottom. Used fresh lemons from my tree for a real treat. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

[Andi the grate]

OMG!!! I love it! This recipe is exactly what I was looking for in a lemon bar...more tart than sweet. And it's easy to make too. I followed the instructions to a "T" and it's perfect as written in my opinion.