Lemon-Glazed Shortbread Bars

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Ingredients

40m
Prep Time

40m
Cook Time

1h 20m
Ready In

recipe by:
LilyInTheValley

"From Better Homes & Gardens, these are very good bars"

Original is 48 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (34.3 g)
Calories 144.4
Total Fat - 5.9 g
Saturated Fat - 3.7 g
Cholesterol - 15.3 mg
Sodium - 75.5 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 22.6 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
Sugars - 15.7 g
Protein - 0.9 g
Calcium - 3.9 mg
Iron - 0.1 mg
Vitamin C - 1.2 mg
Thiamin - 0 mg

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

Step 2

Line a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with heavy foil, extending foil 2 inches over each end of the pan. Lightly grease foil; set aside.

Step 3

In a medium bowl, stir together flour and cornstarch. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and lemon peel. Using your fingers or pressing against side of bowl with a wooden spoon, work lemon peel into powdered sugar until sugar is yellow and very fragrant; Set aside.

Step 4

In a large bowl, combine butter, lemon juice, salt, and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Gradually beat in sugar mixture. Beat in as much of the flour mixture as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour mixture. Continue beating or stirring until dough comes together. Gather dough into a ball.

Step 5

Press dough evenly into the prepared pan.

Step 6

Bake on center rack of the oven 40 minutes.

Step 7

Meanwhile prepare the glaze; In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, finely shredded lemon peel, lemon juice, light-color corn syrup, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth.