Luscious Lemon Bars

Submitted by Ceezie

"This recipe came from USA weekend. These have a bold lemon flavor and a buttery crust - just simple great recipe"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 16 bars

ingredients

• For crust

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted but not hot

• For filling

• 2 large eggs
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons lemons, juice of
• 2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest

directions

1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray an 8- by 8-inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Fit an 8-inch by 16-inch piece of heavy-duty foil across pan bottom and up the 2 sides as foil overhangs to pull bars from the pan. Spray foil with vegetable cooking spray.
2. Mix flour, salt, confectioner's sugar in a medium bowl; stir in butter to form dough. Press dough into pan bottom (the bottom of a measuring cup dipped in flour helps). Bake until pale golden, about 20 minutes.
3. While pastry bakes, whisk eggs, sugar, flour, lemon juice and zest in a medium bowl.
4. Remove pan from oven. Add lemon mixture and continue to bake until just set, about 20 minutes longer; let cool in pan for a few minutes and then using foil handles, pull bars from pan and set on a wire rack. Cool until room temperature. Cut into squares and serve.