Old-Fashioned Lemon Bars

  • Yield:12 servings
  • Time:
    50 mins show details

Copied and slightly modified from u/JustHood on reddit: old.reddit.com/r/Old_Reci...

See notes for nutrition info.

Tags: American, baked, dessert, sweet, sour, baked goods, kid-friendly

Ingredients

  • Crust
  • 2 cups
    flour, sifted
  • 1 cup
    butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup
    powdered sugar
  • Filling
  • 4
    eggs
  • 3
    lemons
  • 2 cups
    sugar
  • 4 tablespoons
    flour, sifted
  • ½ teaspoon
    salt
  • powdered sugar, to garnish
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Equipment

  • 9"x12" baking pan

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Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

  2. optional

    Zest 1 lemon (should yield ~1 tsp zest), and juice them both. If not using whole lemons, sub 7 tbsp lemon juice instead.

  3. 2 mins

    Cream flour, butter, and powdered sugar together and press into an ungreased 9"x12" baking pan.

  4. 20 mins

    Bake for 20 minutes.

  5. 3 mins

    Beat eggs together. Add lemon juice, lemon zest (if using), sugar, flour, and salt, and beat together until combined.

  6. 25 mins

    Pour mixture on the baked crust, and bake for 25 minutes.

  7. Sprinkle with powdered sugar while still warm.

Notes

If you don't want to use the zest, or you only have lemon juice, just use 7 tbsp of lemon juice instead of the whole lemons. You can also sub in lime/grapefruit/rhubarb to experiment with the flavors.

Nutrition info (courtesy of u/PiratetheFoxy):
Calories: 272 Total fat: 17g Saturated fat: 10g Sodium: 75mg Total carbohydrates: 25.2g Fiber: 0.6g Sugar: 6.6g Protein: 4.8g

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