Luscious Lemon Bars

By á-40331

Ingredients

• For crust:
• 1 c all-purpose flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 c confectioner's sugar
• 1 stick (8 tbsp) butter, melted but not hot
• For filling:
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 c sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 6 tbsp juice from 2 lemons
• 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest

Preparation

Step 1

Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325. Spray an 8x8 inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Fit an 8x16 inch piece of heavy duty foil across pan bottom and up the 2 sides as foil overhangs to pull bars from the pan. Spray foil with veg cooking spray.
Mix flour, salt, confectioner's sugar in a medium bowl; stir in butter to form dough. Press dough into pan bottom. Bake until pale golden, about 20 min. While pastry bakes, whisk eggs, sugar, flour, lemon juice and zest in a med bowl. Remove pan from oven. Add lemon mixture and continue to bake until just set, about 20 min longer; let cool in pan for a few minutes and then using foil handles, pull bars from pan and set on a wire rack to cool.