Lemon Custard Bars

Submitted by looneytunesfan

"Adopted from the RecipeZaar account. I haven't made these yet."

 

• Ready In: 59mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 9

ingredients

• Crust

• butter-flavored cooking spray
• 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup egg white
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon finely fresh grated fresh lemon rind
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• powdered sugar, to dust top

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
2. Spray and 8-inch square pan with cooking spray and wipe with a paper towel.
3. In a medium sized bowl, combine crust ingredients and mix well.
4. Spread crust dough over bottom of the pan.
5. In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients and mix well.
6. Pour the topping over the crust.
7. Bake for 27-30 minutes.
8. Cool completely before cutting bars and serving.
9. Dust bars with powdered sugar when cool.

Reviews

[loof751]

Very tasty lemon bars! Tip for mixing the crust: you've really got to get your hands in there and knead it like biscuit dough to get the ingredients properly blended. The topping makes a very nice custard that has plenty of lemon flavor. I didn't top mine with powdered sugar because I didn't want it too sweet. Thanks for posting this recipe! Made for the "Taste of Yellow - LiveStrong" event, May 2009