Lemon Bars
An easy American dessert, Lemon Bars takes about 50 minutes and makes 16 servings. The main ingredients are all-purpose flour, butter and powdered sugar. The cooking is mostly baking. It is on the lighter side, at about 210 calories and 3 g of protein per serving.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Servings
- 16
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 210 kcal
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Ingredients
For 16 servings
- 200 gall-purpose flour
- 115 gbutter
- 60 gpowdered sugar
- 4eggs
- 200 ggranulated sugar
- 120 mllemon juice
- 2 tbsplemon zest
- 1 pinchsalt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175C (350F). Line a 9x9 inch baking pan with parchment paper. Mix 170g of all-purpose flour, softened butter, and powdered sugar until a dough forms. Press evenly into the pan.
- Bake the shortbread crust for 18-20 minutes until lightly golden.
- While the crust bakes, whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, remaining all-purpose flour, and salt until smooth.
- Pour the lemon filling over the hot crust. Return to the oven and bake for 20-22 minutes until the filling is set and no longer jiggles.
- Cool completely in the pan, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Dust with extra powdered sugar before cutting into bars.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 30 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: American
- Dish type: Dessert
- In cookbook: Sweet Tooth
