Square meets lemon again - Lemon Bar 2

Really lemony, really easy and totally delicious!!! And again, not for those of you who watch your waist line J

Prep Time: 20 mins  baking time: 50 minutes  Yield: 8-12 bars

For Base

2  cups flour

1/2 cup powdered sugar

150 g. butter (1 American sized stick of butter)

For filling/top

4  large beaten eggs

2 cups white sugar

1/2 cup lemon juice

1/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

fresh lemon rind from one lemon

Prepare a 30*25cm backing tin by lining it with baking paper (let some of it hang out so that you can pull out the lemon squares more easily).

Preheat oven to 175C

For the base mix the flour and sugar together. Work the butter into this mixture until it all sticks together (will resemble crumbs). Press into the  backing pan. Bake at 175C for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned.

For the filling, beat together the eggs, sugar and lemon juice. Add the flour and baking powder into egg mixture and pour over crust. Bake for another 25 minutes at 175C.

Cool and cut into bars.

Squares meet lemon

I have been making these for some time now. I cannot even remember where I got the recipe from...  The lemon taste with the crunchines of the crust is just pure yum. Ok, granted, it is not the best recipe for the those watching their cal intake

2 cups flour

½ cup powdered sugar

200gr softened butter

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

Juice and zest of 2 lemons

3 tablespoons flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

pinch of salt

1.      Preheat the oven to 350 F

2.      For the crust, combine the first three ingredients in a bowl. Mix together with a fork until you get fine crumbs. Press into a 9x13” pan and bake for 20 minutes.

3.      For the filling, combine the rest of the ingredients and beat well.

4.      Pour into the warm crust and bake an additional 20 minutes, until the top looks like the moon surface (you know, craters and all)

5.      Cool and cut into squares.

6.      If you want to you can dust with more powdered sugar.