Lemon Shortbread Bars

Name: Lemon Shortbread Bars
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: It has two steps; 1 . Shortbread cookie base; 2 cups Flour (sieved); 1/4 tsp Salt; 1/2 cup Powdered sugar; 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence; 1 cup Butter (salted / unsalted) cold; 2 . Lemon curd filling; 1 cup Freshly squizzed lemon juice; 2 tbsp Lemon zest; 2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar; 1/3 cup Flour; 1/4 tsp Salt; 6 Eggs large; as needed Green / yellow food colour few drops

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

#MidnightCravings
What can be better than a slice of lemon shortbread bar for the smmer night cravings ? It has a buttery crispy cookie base and a sweet and tangy lemon curd filling which makes it absolutly yummy and refreshing !

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

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Ingredients

For 2-3 persons

It has two steps
1. Shortbread cookie base
2 cupsFlour (sieved)
1/4 tspSalt
1/2 cupPowdered sugar
1/2 tspVanilla essence
1 cupButter (salted / unsalted) cold
2. Lemon curd filling
1 cupFreshly squizzed lemon juice
2 tbspLemon zest
2 1/2 cupsPowdered sugar
1/3 cupFlour
1/4 tspSalt
6Eggs large
as neededGreen / yellow food colour few drops

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Steps

For 2-3 persons

1

For shortbread take flour salt sugar in a bowl mix it
2

Add essence and butter (in cubes) beat with an electric blender
3

Grease a 7" square mould and pour the flour mixture in it, level with the back of a spoon
4

Bake it in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-25 min then take out and cool down
5

For lemon curd filling take sugar lemon zest in a bowl and mix it with a fork
6

Add flour and salt
7

Take eggs in another bowl. and beat
8

Add flour mixture to the eggs and mix with a balloon whisk
9

Mix lemon juice
10

Pour this mixture on the shortbread base and bake at 180°C for 25 mins