by Marianne M.
Member since:
February 15, 2006

Mmmm ... Lemon Bars!

September 13, 2009 01:55 PM EDT
views: 50 | comments: 27

LEMON BARS
Everyone seems to make these but they're still one of my favorites.
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Blend flour, butter and powdered sugar thoroughly (I use my fingers for this job).  Press evenly in 8x8 or 9x9 pan.  Bake 18-20 minutes. Beat the remaining ingredients together.  Pour over the crust and bake 20-25 minutes more.  Do not over bake.  The filling will puff up while baking but flattens when cooled.  Allow to cool before cutting.  Sprinkle cooled bars with powdered sugar.

 

 

 
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Comments: 27

Tim T. Sep 13, 2009, 2:02pm EDT
I will need to try this recipe. They always seem like more work then the money spent buying them already made.

Thanks for sharing.

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Tim
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 5:17pm EDT
I rarely make anything that isn't easy, Tim ... and these are almost foolproof!
Sherrie H. Sep 13, 2009, 7:35pm EDT
The homemade ones are much better than the ones you can buy. Yum! (We put frosting on them, though. And rainbow sprinkles.
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 7:42pm EDT
Frosting sounds good ... and of course you use RAINBOW sprinkles, Sherrie!
Gul Dixon Sep 13, 2009, 2:22pm EDT
It looks and sounds great. I can eveb smell them! LOL!
Janet "Jax" B. Sep 13, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
Oh, how yummy.
phil w. Sep 13, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
Absolutely one of my favorites !
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 5:20pm EDT
Me, too, Phil!
☀ Aunt Shanny Sep 13, 2009, 2:36pm EDT
These sound so wonderful! I wish I had the energy left to make them! Dinner has taken it all, I'm afraid.
☀ Aunt Shanny Sep 13, 2009, 2:36pm EDT
Featured :)
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 5:10pm EDT
Thanks, Shan!
Madame Donna C. Sep 13, 2009, 2:59pm EDT
Now that is an all-time favorite, isn't it? If I only had a dollar for every lemon bar I've made....sigh.
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 5:23pm EDT
I'm sure you'd be a wealthy woman, Madame Donna ... me too!
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 5:24pm EDT
Actually, I wish I had a dollar for every lemon bar I've eaten ...
Madame Donna C. Sep 13, 2009, 5:38pm EDT
Oh now wouldn't that be nice!
Alison H. Sep 13, 2009, 4:06pm EDT
Yum! It's been a while since I've made lemon bars...but they are a favorite. I could eat a whole pan of them....
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 5:25pm EDT
I put these right in the freezer, Alison. They're for Tommy!
Alison H. Sep 13, 2009, 5:50pm EDT
You have more willpower than I, Marianne!! LOL
Lori Cee Sep 13, 2009, 4:17pm EDT
i'll take a half of a half of one. every time i encounter something lemony it tends to be too sweet.
Marianne M. Sep 13, 2009, 5:22pm EDT
Good plan, l/c ... and I'll eat the other half of the half!
Kat W. Sep 13, 2009, 4:19pm EDT
YUM!
Miz Lynn aka/BooBoo Sep 13, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
These are one of my favorites too!
Sherrie H. Sep 13, 2009, 7:35pm EDT
A favorite of mine, too!
D M. Sep 18, 2009, 8:33am EDT
I love lemon bars but I've never made them before and looking at this recipe, it amazes me that it only takes 2 tbs of lemon juice to make it a lemon bar lol
Marianne M. Sep 18, 2009, 8:50am EDT
A very good point .. but they're definitely lemony!
Ann Noel Oct 26, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
I always have a problem with getting my lemon bars out of the pan did you butter and flour the pan first for this?
Marianne M. Oct 26, 2009, 7:05pm EDT
No ... I just cut very carefully! You're right ... they are hard to get out of the pan. They always seem to crumble.

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