Lemon Bars

Name: Lemon Bars
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For crust:; 2 cups flour; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature; For filling:; 1 can (15 oz) sweetened condensed milk; 4 eggs; 2/3 cup fresh lemon juice; Zest of one lemon; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp flour; Yellow food coloring (optional)

Bella @latinacooks88

California, United States

Lemon Bars

Bella @latinacooks88

California, United States

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Ingredients

40 mins

8 servings

For crust:
2 cupsflour
1/2 cuppowdered sugar
2 sticksunsalted butter at room temperature
For filling:
1 can (15 oz)sweetened condensed milk
4eggs
2/3 cupfresh lemon juice
Zest of one lemon
1/4 tspsalt
1 tspbaking powder
1 tbspflour
Yellow food coloring (optional)

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Steps

40 mins

1

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9 by 13 inch baking pan with aluminum foil and set aside.
2

In a large bowl combine all of the ingredients for the crust and mix together until it forms a dough. Press the dough in the bottom and half way up the sides of the baking pan and bake for 20 minutes. remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes.
3

In a large bowl combine all of the filling ingredients and mix until everything is well mixed.
Pour into the baked crust and bake for 25 minutes.
4

Cool for 30 minutes at room temperature and 2 hours in the fridge. Dust with confectioner sugar and cut into bars.