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Luscious Lemon Squares

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Luscious Lemon Squares

Bettycrocker.com
164 reviews rate this recipe 4.5 of 5 stars.
Prep Time 10 min - Total Time 60 min
Servings 25

Everyone loves homemade lemon squares! These refreshing sweet and lightly tart lemon squares are Betty's Best.

Ingredients:
1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel, if desired
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
Powdered sugar

Directions:
• 1 Heat oven to 350ºF.

• 2 Mix flour, butter and powdered sugar. Press in ungreased square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 inches, building up 1/2-inch edges.

• 3 Bake crust 20 minutes.

• 4 Beat granulated sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice, baking powder, salt and eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Pour over hot crust.

• 5 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Cool; dust with powdered sugar. Cut into about 1 1/2-inch squares.


Expert Tips:
Grate only the yellow portion of the lemon; the white portion, or pith, is very bitter.

Rise to the occasion! Self-rising flour can be used in this recipe. (Do not omit baking powder and salt.)

To ensure recipe success, do not use vegetable oil spreads.

For a bright lemon color, add 4 to 6 drops of yellow food color with the eggs and sugar mixture.

One medium lemon should give you just enough peel and juice to make these refreshing bar cookies.

Make Lemon-Coconut Squares: Stir 1/2 cup flaked coconut into egg mixture in step 2.

1/25 of recipe equals: Calories 90 (Calories from Fat 35); Total Fat 4 g (Saturated Fat 1 g); Cholesterol 15 mg; Sodium 80 mg; Total Carbohydrate 13 g; Dietary Fiber 0g; Protein 1 g ++++ Exchanges: 1 Fruit; 1/2 Fat