The Best Lemon Bars You Will Ever Eat

This recipe comes from a friend of my mom. My fiance and I credit this recipe for getting us into our current home-I bribed my landlord with a batch when we turned in the rent application!! No one I know has ever tasted better lemon bars.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 15-20 bars

Ingredients

• 2  cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
• 1  cup butter (1/2lb) or 1  cup margarine, cold (1/2lb)
• 4  eggs
• 2  cups granulated sugar
• 3  tablespoons flour
• 2  large  lemons, juice of, about a 1/2 cup
• 1  pinch salt

Directions

1. Crust:
2. Mix 2 cups flour and powdered sugar. Cut in the butter then use your hands to knead it into a moist ball. Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper and brush with melted butter. Pat the dough into an even layer at the bottom of the prepped pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
3. While crust is baking mix: eggs, granulated sugar, remaining flour, lemon juice and salt.
4. Pour over baked crust. Bake for 20 min more. If it's still a little loose in the middle turn off the oven, open the door for one minute to allow heat to escape then close it and leave in cooling oven for another 5-10 minutes until it has set.
5. Remove from oven. Using the parchment as a sling carefully move uncut bar to a cutting surface. Cut immediately into squares with a long sharp knife (run knife under hot water before and between cuts) and sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar (optional). Allow to cool.