| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 25 min |
| Prep: | 40 min |
| Cook: | 45 min |
| Yield: | 24 Lemon Bars |
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups unbleached allpurpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 tablespoons unbleached allpurpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 eggs
- 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon rind
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together butter, powdered sugar and flour until well blended. Press mixture into the bottom of a 9×13-inch glass baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Sift together sugar, flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Add eggs, lemon juice and lemon rind. Beat by hand or with electric mixer until well blended. Pour mixture over crust and bake for 25 minutes.
- Allow bars to cool, then dust with powdered sugar and cut into squares.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 24 servings |
| Calories | 196 |
| Total Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 28 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 19 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 47 mg |
| Sodium | 19 mg |
Reviews
I have made these lemon bars for years and everyone LOVES them! I have no idea how people can only give them 1 star. I don’t think it’s a problem with the recipe… Nothing even compares!
They didn’t taste like lemon at all! I even added 1 tablespoon more to the mix and still not lemon-y enough! I was very disappointed
Wonderful. I love adding pecans to the cookie mixture for some texture. They turn out perfect every time!!
This was an amazing snack for my mother’s jewelry party. They were delicious right out of the oven and were still delicious a week later! The whole family gave them two thumbs up!
If I could have given it no stars, I would have. This was terrible, big waste of all ingredients. I was very disappointed because I’ve come to rely on the food network for reliably great recipes. Too much crust, too little filling, big waste of time
This is the perfect dessert. My mom, who can typically resist desserts, loved this…A great gift item during the holidays or perfect for a family picnic. I can visualize serving this dessert often.
Great recipe. My mom always makes the most wonderful lemon bars for christmas, but she won’t give her recipe up yet. This is the closet one I have found to her unbelievible cookie. Can’t wait to share these with her on Christmas eve.
I really love Key Lime juce and found that it also works well in this recipe. I have also used Meyer Lemon juice for a less tart taste. Another variation is to add an extra layer of sour cream mixed with vanilla and suger just like the topping on a cheese cake. (one small container sour cream) one tablesooon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon valilla. Cook on top of bars the last 5 minutes.
I had never made lemon bars before, so I searched on Food Network to find a recipe. I used this one because it had 5 stars, but I did use others’ recommendations on changes: decreased sugar, increased amount of lemon juice.) I thought they were really great and easy to make.
I customized this a bit by adding 1/2 of cream cheese and using 3 lemons (rind and juice)and adding 1 more egg and 1 more tablespoon flour (to even out the extra juice I add). Its delicious but you do have to cook it longer. I usually leave it at 350 for 25 min and then drop it down to 220 for 35 minutes (until firm) then you have to REFRIGERATE. They taste WAY better the next day!