Gina's Simple Lemon Bars
Serves: 3
Weldon Lockman
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
51
Spice
58
Sweetness
47
Sourness
44
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.1
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Butter (cold, diced)1 tbsp
All-Purpose Flour1 cup
Powdered Sugar1.5 cups
Sugar (confectioners')1 tsp
Baking Powder4 medium
Egg230 g
Cream Cheese (softened)Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
2
Dice the butter and put into a food processor with the flour, and sugar
3
Pulse in short intervals until the mixture is crumbly and resembles coarse bread crumbs
4
Add the cold egg yolk, salt and water to the mixture, this will make a pastry dough
5
Place the dough onto a floured surface and form into a ball
6
Wrap in plastic and place in the refrigerator until cold
7
When the dough is cold, place on a floured surface and roll out to cover the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch pan
8
Bake for 20 minutes
9
Whisk eggs together and set aside
10
In a separate bowl mix the sugar, flour and baking powder together
11
Add the lemon zest and juice
12
Mix in the eggs until well combined
13
Pour the mixture over the par baked crust
14
Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until the center has set firmly
15
Remove from the oven and allow it to cool
16
Cut into bars
17
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together and blend with a hand mixer on low until creamy
18
Pipe frosting onto lemon bars