Cookie Recipes
Lemon Squares
These Lemon Squares are even better sprinkled with confectioners' sugar after they've cooled.
Ingredients
Crust
- 1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) butter
- 1 cup (4 1/4 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup (1 ounce) confectioners' sugar
Topping
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (7 ounces) granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) lemon juice*
- 2 tablespoons (1/2 ounce) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut the butter into the flour and confectioners' sugar, and press into a 9 inch square pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until light brown.
- Combine the topping ingredients.
- When the bottom is done, and still hot, pour the topping over it and continue baking for about 25 minutes.
- Sprinkle top with confectioners' sugar.
Notes
* Double the lemon juice for a more "lemony" bar.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
King Arthur Flour