Classic Lemon Bars

(from dclark’s recipe box)

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes

Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 sticks butter unsalted
  • 1 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup powder sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • For Filling
  • 4 large eggs plus 2 egg yolks
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 8 lemons)

Directions

  1. Make Crust

  2. Position rack in middle of over and preheat to 350

  3. Grease 9 × 13 pan with vegetable oil and line with foil leaving 2 inch overhang on all sides ; grease the foil with oil

  4. Pulse butter, flour, both sugars and salt in food processor until dough comes together and press firmly in bottom and 1/2 inch up sides.

  5. Bake until golden about 25 minutes.

  6. Make Filling

  7. Whisk all eggs, sugar and flour in bowl until smooth. Whisk in lemon zest and juice

  8. ve crust from oven and reduce temp to 300.

  9. Pour filling over the warm crust and return to the oven.

  10. Bake until filling is set about 40 minutes

  11. Let bars cool a little, cut into squares, refrig for at least 2 hours

  12. Lift out of pan with foil and re-cut and dust with conf. sugar.

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