Very Lemon Extra Tangy Lemon Bars
Ready In: 50 mins
Serves: 20
Yields: 1 9x13 pan
Ingredients
crust
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar or 1⁄3 cup Splenda brown sugar blend
- 1⁄4 cup sliced almonds
- 2 cups flour (no more!)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
filling
- 1 1⁄2-1 3⁄4 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 6 eggs (large)
- 1 cup lemon juice
optional
- icing sugar, for dusting
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Using a food processor, pulse cold margerine or butter, brown sugar, almonds, flour, and salt until it is blended together and has a sandy appearance.
- Pat crust into a 9x13 pan (i give it a spray to keep everything from sticking and prefer to use a glass pan). It may seem very dry, but that is ok.
- Bake crust for 20 minutes or until edges are just starting to turn golden.
- Beat your eggs with a fork or whisk, then stir in lemon juice. In another bowl, mix flour, sugar, and salt. I use 1.5 cups sugar and they are very zingy. If you have any doubts, or know that you prefer slightly less zing, try 1.75 cups of sugar!
- Remove crust from oven and reduce heat to 320°F This step is important!
- mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Pour mixture on hot crust, and return to oven for 22 minutes, or until filling has set. It might still look a little wobbly in the center, but it will firm up a bit while it cools.
- Cool, dust with icing sugar (You will need it if you used the lesser amount of sugar!).
- Pucker up! :D.
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