Lemon Squares
Recipe: #25748
March 10, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Lemon, Baby Shower Brunch, Mothers Day, Potluck, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Bars, Kosher Dairy, more
"These squares can easily be cut into triangles for more cookies and fewer calories. 115 calories each if 16 cookies are made; 57 calories if 32 cookies are made."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (30.2 g)
- Calories 105.6
- Total Fat - 5.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 3 g
- Cholesterol - 37.5 mg
- Sodium - 90.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 6.5 g
- Protein - 1.9 g
- Calcium - 12.6 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In small bowl beat butter till softened. Add 1/8 c. sugar and salt and beat till fluffy.
Step 2
Stir in 1 c. flour.
Step 3
Press dough evenly onto bottom of greased 8x8x2" baking pan.
Step 4
Bake at 350' 15 minutes.
Step 5
Meanwhile, beat the eggs in mixer bowl and add 3/8 c. sugar, 2 Tbsp. flour, lemon peel, lemon juice, and baking powder. Beat about 3 minutes or till slightly thickened.
Step 6
Pour lemon mixture over baked layer.
Step 7
Return to 350' oven and bake 25-30 minutes or till edges are light golden brown and center is set.
Step 8
Cool and cut into squares (and then into triangles if desired).
Tips
No special items needed.