Lemon Bars Base Crust
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- ¾ cup flour
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter, cut into pieces
Instructions
- Grease a baking pan.
- Put flour, cornstarch, salt and powdered sugar in a food processor and mix until combined.
- Add the butter and mix again.
- Add the mixture to the baking pan, pressing down to flatten.
- Refrigerate for 45 minutes.
- Then remove and bake the crust at 350 F until it is lightly browned.
- Make the lemon topping (recipe follows) immediately after baking.
Lemon Topping
Lemon Bars -- Lemon Topping
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 5 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons flour
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, brown sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice and flour.
- Pour the mixture on top of the par-baked crust, then place back in the oven and bake until the topping is set (about 20 minutes).
- Remove from oven and let cool, then place in the refrigerator for 2 hours to further cool and set. After 2 hours, remove from fridge, cut into squares or rectangles and dust with powdered sugar. Keep refrigerated until serving.
