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Easy Lemon Bars
The best easy lemon bars recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. These lemon squares have a buttery shortbread cookie crust with sweet and tangy lemon curd filling.
👥 16 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 55m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 45 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- pan
- oven
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a mixing bowl, add butter, flour, powdered sugar until you have a crumbly dough.
2
Spread cookie dough in a square pan (Dimensions: 8x8), lined with parchment paper.
3
Chill in the fridge for ⏱️ 15 minutes.
4
Bake at 350 degrees F for ⏱️ 12-15 minutes or until it's golden brown on top.
5
Remove from oven and let it cool for ⏱️ 15 minutes.
6
While the shortbread cookie crust is cooling, prepare the lemon curd filling.
7
In a large mixing bowl, add lemon juice, zest, eggs, sugar, flour and mix until combined.
Eggs (Large, Room temperature)3
8
Pour this filling on top of the shortbread crust
9
Bake again at 350 degrees F for ⏱️ 25-30 minutes or until the top is almost set and the center jiggles slightly.
10
Remove from the oven and let it cool completely to room temperature.
11
Then cover with plastic foil and chill in fridge for ⏱️ 2 hours or overnight. Do not skip this step because it allows the filling to set further.
12
Remove from fridge and sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
13
Cut slices with a sharp knife and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
187 kcal
fat Content
7 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
21 g
sodium Content
63 mg
protein Content
2 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
46 mg
carbohydrate Content
30 g
saturated Fat Content
4 g
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