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Lovely Lemon Bar Cookies




Source of Recipe


A Diane Mott Davidson novel






Recipe Introduction


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Oven rack in middle position.





List of Ingredients



• 2 cups flour ( no need to sift)
  
• 1 cup cold butter (2 sticks-1/2 lb.)
  
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar (no need to sift, unless it has big lumps)
  
• 4 beaten eggs, just whip them with a fork
  
• 2 cups white sugar
  
• 8 tablespoons lemon juice (1/2 cup)
  
• 1 teaspoon or so of zest (optional)
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 4 tablespoon flour (1/4 cup, do not sift)
  






Instructions



1. Cut each stick of butter into 8 pieces. Zoop it up with the flour and the powdered sugar in a food processor (or with a pastry cutter) until it looks like coarse cornmeal. Spread it out in a greased 9x13 inch pan (that's a standard sheet cake pan) and pat it down with your hands.
   
2. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 - 20 minutes, or until golden around the edges. Remove from oven. Do NOT turn off oven.
   
3. Mix eggs with white sugar. Add lemon juice and zest. Add salt and baking powder and mix. Then add flour and mix thoroughly. It will be runny.
   
4. Pour this mixture on top of the pan you just baked and stick it back into the oven. Bake at 350 degrees F. for another 30 - 35 minutes. Then remove from the oven let cool thoroughly and sprinkle with more powdered sugar and cut into brownie sized bars.