Old Time Favourite Lemon Square
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
12-24 squares
ingredients
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For Crust
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
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For Filling
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 8 tablespoons lemon juice
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For Topping
- 1⁄4 cup icing sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 350`.
- Combine butter, flour and icing sugar to make bottom short crust.
- Press into bottom of 9 x13 baking pan.
- Bake at 350 for 10 minutes to set crust. Do Not brown.
- Meanwhile beat eggs with flour, salt, baking powder, sugar and lemon juice.
- Pour into pan over baked crust.
- Bake at 350` for another 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with icing sugar.
- Cool and cut into squares.
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Notes:
- Of course real butter and fresh lemon juice will make for a superior dessert but in a pinch it's still very good with oleo and bottled lemon juice.
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