I spent a lot of time exploring new recipes because I had lost the family recipe for lemon squares. None did, but fortunately I recently discovered the recipe once more. The best lemon squares available.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch baking dish |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cold butter
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup lemon juice, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest, or to taste (Optional)
- confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Process 2 cups flour, butter, and 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; press into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges of the crust are golden brown, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool crust to room temperature.
- Beat white sugar, eggs, 1/4 cup flour, lemon juice, baking powder, and lemon zest together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy; pour onto the cooled crust.
- Bake in the oven until custard is set, 25 to 28 minutes. Cool lemon squares completely; dust the top with more confectioners’ sugar.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 398 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 58 g |
| Cholesterol | 103 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 163 mg |
| Sugars | 39 g |
| Fat | 17 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I was gifted many many lemons and I made these bars for my daughter and family, Hit out the ballpark! Made a recipe card for it and I’m making them for my granddaughter as she requested them!!!
Great recipe and amazing dessert. I got a little impatient but it was so good.
it is definitely 4 1/2 stars. Will save recipe!! Marcia
Great recipe, I don’t think we mixed it enough. We used happy eggs which had orange yolks! Doesn’t taste fake at all like some lemon squares do!!!
Easy and delicious. I took it to my daughter-in-laws for a get together and her uncle stole what was left the pan and hid it in his truck.
No changes very easy and fun to make
I am at awe with this recipe, I wanted to please my wife with lemon squares. I am a subscriber to your site for a long time. I looked for lemon squares and came to your recipe. The best compliment could be that my wife said and I quote ” All you need is Meringue for a great Lemon Meringue Pie in squares”. They are perfect, easy to make , not to sweet, and out of this world delicious . Thank-you for a great recipe. I love you for it. I added some lime scented whipped cream on top for the perfect sin.
Way too much sugar!
I have this same recipe which was my mother’s dates 1976. When was yours?
This recipe is great and my family loved it thank you for telling everyone you perfect recipe
Great taste. Good balance of sugar and lemon, although I did add slightly more lemon. But I agree that a cooler oven temp for longer would be better. Mine we not totally set in the middle either, although the top was slightly browned as it should be.
They are really good, I just didn’t cook them enough the first time around, we were going to cut them and the custard was still raw. They had been covered in the fridge for 3 days, so we put the oven back on and cooked them again for 30 minutes, then let cool and cut. There very good!
I made it exactly like the recipe and it was delicious! I had lots of complements because I made two batches and took some to two different families. I want to try this same recipe with oranges using the orange juice and zest just like the lemon. Yum!
These really are the BEST LEMON SQUARES!! You can’t stop eating them at just one square ??
Delicious was the best recipe ever
I don’t think I will make these again, they turned out pretty sour and they were very greasy. They fell apart, I may have made the recipe wrong but I am sure that I followed the instructions properly.
Best lemon squares EVER. I made it exactly as written and it was glitch-free. PERFECT.
I made these yesterday. Loved the taste of the filing, and the crust was perfect, but I found the curd was too runny. Maybe it needs some cornstarch or something to keep it from flowing all over the dessert plate
My squares did not turn out well, much too sweet for our taste and unfortunately the filling was very runny. I baked it in the oven for 25 minutes but it never set. Perhaps I should have cooked it longer. I will try this recipe again but will add more lemon juice next time and will cook it for a longer time. Disappointing results.
Yum! Took another cook’s suggestion and doubled the custard filling but this requires a longer cooking time. Next time I will still double the filling, grease the pan really, really well and reduce the oven temp to 325 degrees sooner. Probably half the baking time at each temp, guessing 30 minutes each.
These are great but I did make a couple tweeks because I had to discard the first batch. First I added 1/2 cup flour to the crust. It seemed to hold together a little better. The second thing I did was increased the temp to 350 for the first 15 minutes then turned down to 325. I baked for 30 minutes. The reason is the first batch was a gloppy mess. It just wasn’t anywhere near done and my oven runs a little hot .