Lemon Bars

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Ingredients

  

Crust

• 1 tbsp Lemon Zest
• ¼ cup Sugar
• 12 tbsp Butter, room temperature
• ½ tsp Salt
• 1 ¾ cups All-Purpose Flour

Filling

• 4 Eggs, room temperature
• 1 tbsp Lemon Zest
• ¾ cup Freshly Squeezed Lemons (approx. 5 lemons)
• 1 ½ cups Sugar
• ⅓ Cup All-Purpose Flour
• ½ tsp Salt
• Powdered Sugar for dusting

Instructions

 

• Heat oven to 350ºF
• Line a 9×9 baking pan with parchment paper
• Make the crust, combine lemon zest and sugar and mix, use your fingers to rub the zest into the sugar. Add butter and salt and mix until creamy.
• Add flour and mix until fine crumbs of dough form, then transfer to the baking pan. Use your hands to press down an even layer.
• Bake 15-22 minutes until crust is a golden brown.
• Whisk eggs in a medium bowl. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar and salt, and whisk until smooth. Then add flour and mix until combined.
• When the crust is baked, immediately pour filling while it's still hot. Then continue baking for 18-20 minutes.
• Place pan on wire cooling rack and let cool. Refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.
• Sift powdered sugar on top, remove from the baking pan, cut, and serve

Pick up lemons on your next visit to your local Freson Bros., it's a true Family Essential!