Lemon Bars No. 2
A not-too-tart lemon topping over a sweet crust.
Ingredients
1 | cup |
butter
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½ | cup |
powdered sugar
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2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
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½ | teaspoon |
salt
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4 | large |
eggs
well beaten |
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2 | cups |
sugar
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5 | tablespoons |
lemon juice
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2 | tablespoons |
lemon zest
grated |
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1 | x |
powdered sugar
confectioners sugar, topping |
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Directions
Preheat oven to 300. In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners sugar; then blend in flour and salt.
Press mixture down in a flat buttered cookie pan.
Bake at 300 for 20 minutes.
While crust is baking, in a medium bowl blend together eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice and rind. Pour over crust.
Raise temperature to 350 and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes at 350.
Remove from oven and let cool.
When cooled, sprinkle with additional confectioners sugar.
Cut into rectangles.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 77g (2.7 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 28940% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 13g
20%
Saturated Fat 8g
39%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 83mg
28%
Sodium 173mg
7%
Total Carbohydrate
14g
14%
Dietary Fiber 1g
2%
Sugars g
Protein
7g
Vitamin A 8%
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Vitamin C 5%
Calcium 1%
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Iron 5%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?