Rach's August Challenge: Lemon

This month I made my brother's favorite dessert, lemon bars. I had never made them before, but they sounded great. Our camera crashed, so even though I took pictures, I don't have any to upload. I'm hoping it is a bad box of batteries and that we don't have to replace the whole camera.

Lemon Bars

Betty Crocker's Cookbook, 2000

Ingredients:

1 c. all-purpose flour

1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened

1/4 c. powdered sugar

1 c. granulated sugar

2 tsp. grated lemon peel

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

2 large eggs

Powdered sugar (for dusting)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees

2. Mix flour, butter, and 1.4 c. powdered sugar. Press into ungreased 8"x8"x2" or 9"x9"x2" pan, building up 1/2 inch edges.

3. Bake crust 20 minutes, remove from oven.

4. Beat remaining ingredients except powdered sugar with electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Pour over hot crust.

5. Bake 25-30 minutes or until no indentation remains when lightly touched in the center. Cool in the pan on wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar. For bars into 5 rows by 5 rows.

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The crust was great, it would be good for a fruit pizza. Although I would probably add just a little more powdered sugar.

The actual bars needed just a little more lemon flavor. I used fresh lemon juice. Next time I may add just a bit of lemon extract. Also, I double the recipe, so it took a lot longer to bake, but it still turned out well. I really can't wait to try this again.

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Please visit the other participants in my challenge:

Monica

Lisaloo

Brandy L