My Go To Lemon Bars

By McLean

Ingredients

• Cookie Base:
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 cups flour
• Lemon filling:
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind, freshly zested

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Mix together melted butter, powdered sugar, and flour till well blended. Press mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes.

Sift together sugar, flour, baking powder into a mixing bowl. Add eggs, lemon juice, and lemon rind. Beat by electric mixer until well blended. Pour mixture over baked crust and bake for 15-20 minutes more till set. Watch closely, it may brown quickly, you dont want that. you want pale.

Allow bars to cool, dust with powdered sugar and cut into squares.