Tasty Tuesdays // Lemon Bars

Our place overlooks a lemon orchard park. 

Which is SO convenient when you forget to pick up lemons at the store to make lemon bars

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LEMON BARS

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup[s] all-purpose flour
5 TBLS light brown sugar
8 TBLS cold butter, cut in cubes
4 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups powder sugar
3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tsp lemon zest



Instruction

Preheat oven to 350

CRUST

Food processor or Blender:

flour + brown sugar

PULSE

+ butter PULSE + butter PULSE + butter PULSE...etc

Sprinkle crust into a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan

pack down with spatula

BAKE for 20 min

FILLING

Kitchen Aid Mixer [whip attachment]

+ eggs BLEND

+ vanilla + 3/4 cup powder sugar

MIX

+ lemon juice + remaining powder sugar

MIX until sugar DISSOLVED

+ zest

COMBINE 

hot crust + lemon filling 

REDUCE oven to 300

BAKE for 30 min

Let them cool. Sprinkle powder sugar on top. ENJOY

Notes

>>The crust must be HOT when you pour on the lemon mixture

>>You'll need approximately three lemons to yield the amount of juice and zest in this recipe.

>>Don't make the mistake of putting wax paper on the bottom of your baking dish //like i did