Lemon Bars

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I had some lemons I wanted to use and lemon bars wasthe first thing I thought of. I love Ina's recipes, so I tried. First, the shortbread bottom took about 10 to 12 more minutes to take any color at all. Second, the filling browned on top (something I've never seen in lemon bars before, and took an extra 10 minutes. Thanks to all previous reviewsI didn't panic and lowered the oven to 325 and covered the pan with aluminum foil. They are too sweet for me, which is a waste of costly ingredients like lemons. I would follow the reviews and lower the sugar down to 2 cups and the lemon zest so they become palatable at all. The texture is beautiful in the mouth, and the shortbread is delicious.

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These are delicious. The cookie crust was yummy. The lemon filling had a great consistency. I used Meyer's lemons and they tasted delicious. These were definitely worth me losing a little skin zesting 7 lemons.

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The absolute best! I have made many lemon bar recipes and this ones the bomb! These are by far the best I have ever made. What I really like about these is that they are not overly sweet as so many American desserts are. I made these for gift baskets at Christmas time to rave reviews. I am making them again today for my husband's potluck as requested by his co-workers. Thank you Ina for another fab recipe that makes me look good when I cook for others!

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This is a family favorite, and I never seem to make enough. One thing, though is the filling sometimes seems to slump. A good friend of mine told me if I beat the egg mixture for no less than 8 minutes (I set a timer the bars will never wilt. This absolutely works, and they always look bakery fresh.

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Easy and delicious recipe, my 2 year old son kept saying "more please," thanks Ina this one's a keeper.

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I LOVED this recipe it has the perfect balance of sweetness and tartness from the lemon. I would definetly make this again and again!
this one is for sure a keeper!

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Soooooo good. I gave it four stars instead of five because after sitting in the fridge overnight, they really are too sweet. I am going to try less sugar until I get the balance right. They were PERFECT after cooling out of the oven. A++.

I am also going to try parchment over all four lips of my pan next time. My crust was perfect. I used a Pyrex glass 9x13x2 pan and baked in the middle of the oven for 35 minutes at 350 then 3 minutes at 325 (based on another reviewer's suggestion.

My only problem was getting them out of the pan. Not terrible, but I wanted them perfect for my holiday tins so I'll try the parchment next time. They are 98% perfect this time and will look great in the tin along with the other cookies. I am using 1"x1.5" squares in cupcake papers. Next year I will look for square petit four papers to set them in.

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Well, I TOTALLY messed up this recipe but it tasted great in spite of my mistakes. My first mistake happened with the crust. I went into pie mode and threw the butter in with the dry ingredients to cut it in. Then after well cut in I noticed that I was supposed to cream the butter and sugar...duhhhh! Well, I figured, butter and sugar together is yummy regardless! So, no worries, I just pressed it into the pan and threw it in the oven to bake. Next, as I was reading through the recipe to see the next step, I realized that it should have been put into a 9x13 pan! I put it in a 9x9...dohhh! Maybe it was the long day at work and the fact that it was Friday? I swear, I hadn't had any wine! So, I just halved the lemon mixture and went with it. All in all it is delicious, I really like having the extra thick short bread on the bottom. I may retry it the correct way, but I'll halve the recipe, I don't need a 9x13 pan around here just begging to make my rear end just a little bit bigger!

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Well, the lemon flavor was great, but in the end, they were so sweet I had to toss nearly the whole pan out. I could take a bite or two but that was all. also, a bit too loose of a custard but that would have been fine if they had not been so sweet. I love Ina but for me this was a miss.

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This was an easy and delicious recipe.