My Mom’s Lemon Bars are Better Than Your Mom’s Lemon Bars

Submitted by ..tiffany..

"Lemon bars from the kitchen of my mommy."

 

• Ready In: 48mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 25-30

ingredients

• Crust

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup melted butter
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar

• Filling

• 4 well-beaten eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 6 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons flour

directions

1. Mix crust ingredients together.
2. Pat mixture into a 9x13-inch pan.
3. Bake 20 minutes at 350°F.
4. While crust is baking, combine these filling ingredients first: beaten eggs, sugar, and lemon juice.
5. Gradually add flour and baking powder to the mixture.
6. Mix well until "frothy".
7. Immediately after taking crust out of oven, pour in filling.
8. Bake 20-25 minutes at 350°F
9. Tip: Watch filling at 20 minutes – it should turn a little brown spotted on top, but not a lot.
10. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when cool.

Reviews

[Kalija]

I made these for a Christmas party tonight. I'm thinking I should have made a double batch since I've already eaten three... these are yummy and so very easy. I used 3 lemons which was a little over 6 tablespoons of juice. Thanks for the recipe - I will make these again for sure!

 

[Wife2uRick]

I love your Mom's recipe. I follow it to a tee, except I leave crust in oven maybe about 10 minutes longer for more browner crust! Other than that, it is perfect, and I am making them yet again for our family Christmas party 2010. Thank for sharing!

 

[katt711]

I made these Lemon Bars yesterday for a BBQ that we were invited to. I thought they sounded light enough to bring to my neighbors for desert. While I was cutting the bars, my husband came in and was curious so I gave him a taste....He didn't want me to bring them next door. I kept 6 of the 32 pieces it yielded. Everyone loved them. I know I will make these again and again and again. Thanks to you and your mom!!!

 

[CathInSunnyCal]

Excellent recipe but one change is necessary to make them more lemony: add lemon zest from one of the lemons to the filling. You'll be glad you did! As another reviewer suggested, beating the eggs for 5 to 10 minutes first and then beating in the other filling ingredients will make a nicer texture.

 

[YesJesus01]

This is my 1st time making lemon bars. I've always wanted to make them but thought they were hard. These were easy to make. I messed up and frothed (if that's a word) the eggs without the other ingredients as listed in the instructions. After missing 5 minutes, I added the other ingredients and when I did, I beat them for an additional 3 minutes. All that said, it made the curd a little chalky. But it was still good. I love the tartness. I was concerned 6 tablespoons of lemon juice wasn't enough, so I added half a teaspoon of lemon flavor and zest of a lemon. The only thing I would change is the amount of sugar. I have a sweet tooth, but this was too sweet for me. I will cut it down by a half next time. To the crust, I added a cap full of vanilla flavor. The crust is already good, but the vanilla added an additional goodness. I really enjoy the flavor of the vanilla and lemon together. I love the crust so much I plan on using it in other recipes.<br/>UPDATE:<br/>Since I enjoyed these bars I couldn't wait to try it again with some changes. Actually, after I read another reviewer suggestion, I didn't melt the butter this time. Instead I cut it up into the dry ingredients and baked the prescribed time. Then I put the liquid ingredients together and mixed till frothed; gradually adding the baking power and flour. Turned out great. I prefer the crust this way because it's more like shortbread. I will be making these again, again, and again.