Photo: Gina's Simple Lemon Bars Recipe
Ingredients
Pastry:
- 1/2 cup cold butter, diced
- 1 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cold egg yolk
- 1 dash salt
- 1/8 cup ice cold water
Lemon Filling:
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 lemon, zested
- 3 lemons, juiced
- 4 medium eggs
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
Pastry:
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Dice the butter and put into a food processor with the flour, and sugar. Pulse in short intervals until the mixture is crumbly and resembles coarse bread crumbs. Add the cold egg yolk, salt and water to the mixture, this will make a pastry dough. Place the dough onto a floured surface and form into a ball. Wrap in plastic and place in the refrigerator until cold.
*Cook's Note: If you don't have a food processor you can use a pastry cutter, a fork or your hands. If using your hands be careful not to over mix or allow your hands to warm the butter.
When the dough is cold, place on a floured surface and roll out to cover the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
Lemon Filling:
Whisk eggs together and set aside.
In a separate bowl mix the sugar, flour and baking powder together. Add the lemon zest and juice. Mix in the eggs until well combined. Pour the mixture over the par baked crust.
Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until the center has set firmly. Remove from the oven and allow it to cool. Cut into bars.
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together and blend with a hand mixer on low until creamy. Pipe frosting onto lemon bars.
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By hurricanehailey22
on March 19, 2012
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they were super goood! the only problem I had with them was the lack of thickness. my lemon bars turned out super thin. if I use the recipe again, I'm going to try it in a smaller pan. but other than that, they were AMAZING!(:
By herepiggy
KY
on March 10, 2011
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A lemon bar is a lemon bar is a lemon bar...these were really really good but my crust would not roll out so I had to press the crust into the pan which worked just fine. I also had to cook the crust for almost 30 minutes instead of 20. And I had to cook the filling for almost 30 minutes because it just wouldn't set. That being said, when they came out of the oven, I couldn't wait for them to cool down, so they fell apart trying to get them on the plate. Regardless, I ate them anyway in a big glorious heap on my plate! Delicious! The only reason I gave these 4 stars instead of 5 is because my nana's recipe for lemon bars is knock your socks off good. Sorry, secret family recipe!! But you will not be disappointed with these!
By Kristenfall02
Albany, NY
on January 12, 2011
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I love these lemon Bars! My husband is always asking me to make them for him. Tonight is his lucky night!! Thanks Gina!!
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