BEST LEMON SQUARES
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- Number of Servings: 16
Ingredients
CRUST:1 cup all-purpose flour1/8 tsp salt1/2 cup confectioner's sugar1 stick (8 tbs) butter, melted but not hotFILLING:2 large eggs3/4 cup sugar1 1/2 TBS all-purpose flour6 TBS juice from 2 lemons2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray an 8 x 8 baking pan with vegetable oil spray. Fit an 8 x 16 piece of heav-duty foil across pan bottom and up the 2 sides as foil overhangs to pull bars from pan. Spray foil with vegetable oil spray.
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.
While pastry bakes, whisk eggs, sugar, flour, lemon juice and zest in a medium bowl.
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.
Serving Size: 16 small squares
Number of Servings: 16
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DCONNER6.
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.
While pastry bakes, whisk eggs, sugar, flour, lemon juice and zest in a medium bowl.
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.
Serving Size: 16 small squares
Number of Servings: 16
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DCONNER6.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 140.3
- Total Fat: 6.5 g
- Cholesterol: 38.4 mg
- Sodium: 71.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 19.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 1.7 g
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