Lemon square bars
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter, melted
½ tsp vanilla essence
4 eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tsp baking powder
¼ cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon rind
Preparation
1
In a medium bowl, stir together 2 cups flour and confectioners' sugar. Blend in the melted butter and vanilla essence.
2
Press the soft dough with the palm of your hand into the bottom of the greased 9x13 inch pan.
3
Bake the dough in the preheated oven at 170˚C for 15 minutes, or until golden.
4
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat eggs until light.
5
Combine the sugar, baking powder and ¼ cup of flour so there will be no flour lumps.
6
Stir the sugar mixture into the eggs.
7
Stir in the lemon juice and lemon rind. Pour over the prepared crust and return to the oven.
8
Bake for an additional 30 minutes or until bars are set.
9
Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.
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About
Melt-in-the-mouth cake full of lemony, sweet and sour, aroma. When you start eating it, you simply can't stop!
Yield:
24 bars
Added:
Sunday, December 16, 2012 - 9:31am
