Description
Buttery lemon bars with a bright citrus filling and soft shortbread crust.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp lemon zest
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Mix butter flour and powdered sugar
- Press into pan and bake 15 minutes
- Whisk filling ingredients
- Pour over crust and bake 25 minutes
- Cool then chill for 1 hour
- Dust with sugar and slice
Notes
- Use fresh lemon juice
- Do not overbake
- Chill before slicing
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 48 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 187
- Sugar: 21
- Sodium: 13
- Fat: 7
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 2
- Trans Fat: 0.2
- Carbohydrates: 30
- Fiber: 0.4
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 46