Lemon Squares
Created by parsley101 on May 5, 2016
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 45m
- Recipe #23696
Ingredients
- FOR CRUST
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- FOR LEMON FILLING
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 3 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- Powdered sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oven to 350ºF.
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Step 2: Mix flour, butter and powdered sugar. Press in ungreased square glass baking pan (8x8-inch) building up 1/2-inch edges.
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Step 3: Bake crust 20 minutes.
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Step 4: Beat granulated sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice, baking powder, salt and eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Pour over hot crust.
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Step 5: Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Cool; dust with powdered sugar. Cut into squares.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (55.3 g)
- Calories 201.2
- Total Fat - 8.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.2 g
- Cholesterol - 55.1 mg
- Sodium - 144.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 29.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 21 g
- Protein - 2.4 g
- Calcium - 24.7 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg