Lemon Squares
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • FOR CRUST:
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Pam cooking spray
  • FOR FILLING:
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
  • 2 ½ tablespoons flour
  • FOR GARNISH:
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine ingredients for the crust.  Cut margarine into dry ingredients. Use a butter knife or if using the mixer, try to turn it off before the dough becomes completely mixed together and while it's still dry and almost crumbly.
  3. Spray Pam on a 9" x 13" baking dish and lightly spread crust mix over the bottom of the baking dish.  Don't press the mixture into the dish.
  4. Bake the crust for 20 minutes.  Let cool.
  5. Squeeze the juice of 1 large lemon. Strain pulp and seeds.
  6. Combine all of the ingredients for the filling. Mix all ingredients on low-speed for about 2 - 3 minutes.
  7. Zest lemon and add it to the filling mixture.
  8. Pour the filling mix over the crust and bake at 350 degrees F, for 25 minutes.  The filling should be set when you pull it out of the oven.
  9. Let the lemon squares cool to room temperature.  Dust the lemon squares with powdered sugar.  I use a strainer to dust the powdered sugar.
  10. Wait until the lemon squares have completely cooled to room temperature, then cut the lemon squares.  I usually cut them into 12 - 15 large squares.
  11. COOKING TIP: When cutting cake, rice krispies, or any kind of chewy/sticky dessert such as lemon squares, run your knife under hot water to let the blade warm up.  After making one slice into the dish, clean the blade under hot water then make the next slice.  This will prevent your dessert from clumping up and you'll end up with pretty, nice and clean lemon squares.
Recipe by Bebe Love Okazu at https://bebeloveokazu.com/2010/04/13/lemon-squares/