American cuisine
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups all purpose
flour + ¼ cup for filling.
- ¼ cup white
sugar + 1 ¼ cup for filling.
- ¼ tsp kosher
salt + ½ tsp for filling.
- ½ cup cold
butter, cubed.
- 4 eggs.
- Zest and juice
of 2 lemons, separated.
- Powdered sugar
for dusting.
Directions:
- Preheat the
oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium
bowl, combine 1 ½ cups flour, ¼ cup white sugar, and ¼ tsp of salt.
- Add the cubed
butter to the flour and using your hands, combine the butter with the flour
until you're left with a crumbly mixture.
- Press this
butter mixture into a greased, lined 9 x 13 pan and spraying with Pam.
- Bake the crust
for 15-20 minutes or until just turning golden on the edges.
- While the
crust bakes, combine the zest of 2 lemons and 1 ¼ cups of white sugar in a
medium sized bowl.
- Rub them
together until the zest is incorporated into the sugar, to makes sure that all
of the lemon flavor from the zest is well incorporated into the sugar and
filling.
- Whisk or beat
in the eggs and add the lemon juice.
- Add ¼ cup of
flour and ½ tsp of salt and whisk them in.
- Pour the lemon
filling over the hot crust and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top is set
and doesn't wiggle.
- Remove the
lemon bars from the oven and allow cooling completely before sprinkling with
powdered sugar and cutting.
- Makes about
12 - 16 squares, depending on how large or small you cut them.