lemon bars

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64 Pinches
cordova, TN
Updated on Dec 29, 2009
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 - eggs, well beaten
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 5 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind
  • - confectioners' sugar

How To Make lemon bars

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  • Step 2
    In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners sugar; then blend in flour and salt.
  • Step 3
    Press mixture down in a flat buttered cookie pan.
  • Step 4
    Bake at 300 for 20 minutes.
  • Step 5
    While crust is baking, in a medium bowl blend together eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice and rind and pour over crust.
  • Step 6
    Raise temperature to 350 and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes.
  • Step 7
    Remove from oven and let cool.
  • Step 8
    When cooled, sprinkle with additional confectioners sugar and cut into rectangles.

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