Lemon Bars on Brown Butter Shortbread

Name: Lemon Bars on Brown Butter Shortbread
Ingredients: Yield: one 9-by-13-inch baking pan; twelve 3-by-3 1/4-inch bars; For the crust:; 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar (2 oz/55 g); 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (7 1/2 oz/215 g); 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (6 oz/170 g); 1/2 cup pine nuts (2 oz/55g) (optional); For the filling:; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (2 1/2 oz/70 g); 2 1/4 cups sugar (1 pound/455 g); 1 cup plus 2 tbsp lemon juice (9 oz/28o ml); lemon zest, grated from 1 small lemon; 6 large whole eggs; 1 large egg yolk; salt pinch; confectioners’ sugar for topping (optional)

Lemon Bars on Brown Butter Shortbread was pinched from <a href="http://whatsonmyplate.net/2011/01/03/tartine-bakery-lemon-bars-on-brown-butter-shortbread/" target="_blank">whatsonmyplate.net.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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Yield: one 9-by-13-inch baking pan; twelve 3-by-3 1/4-inch bars

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For the crust:

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1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar (2 oz/55 g)

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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (7 1/2 oz/215 g)

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3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (6 oz/170 g)

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1/2 cup pine nuts (2 oz/55g) (optional)

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For the filling:

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1/2 cup all-purpose flour (2 1/2 oz/70 g)

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2 1/4 cups sugar (1 pound/455 g)

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1 cup plus 2 tbsp lemon juice (9 oz/28o ml)

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lemon zest, grated from 1 small lemon

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6 large whole eggs

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1 large egg yolk

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salt pinch

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confectioners’ sugar for topping (optional)

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