Luscious Lemon Squares

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel, if desired
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• Powdered sugar

Details

Servings 25
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Heat oven to 350ºF.

2 Mix flour, butter and powdered sugar. Press in ungreased square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 inches, building up 1/2-inch edges.

3 Bake crust 20 minutes.

4 Beat granulated sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice, baking powder, salt and eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Pour over hot crust.

5 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Cool; dust with powdered sugar. Cut into about 1 1/2-inch squares.

Grate only the yellow portion of the lemon; the white portion, or pith, is very bitter.

Rise to the occasion! Self-rising flour can be used in this recipe. (Do not omit baking powder and salt.)

To ensure recipe success, do not use vegetable oil spreads.

For a bright lemon color, add 4 to 6 drops of yellow food color with the eggs and sugar mixture.

One medium lemon should give you just enough peel and juice to make these refreshing bar cookies.

Make Lemon-Coconut Squares: Stir 1/2 cup flaked coconut into egg mixture in step 2.

Serves 25

Serving Size: 1 Serving Calories90 ( Calories from Fat35 ), Total Fat4 g (Saturated Fat1 g, ), Cholesterol15 mg Sodium80 mg Total Carbohydrate13 g (Dietary Fiber0g ), Protein1 g