Rita's favorite lemon cookie
bar recipe...it could become your favorite, too!
Rita's
Lemon Bars
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter
2 cups all purpose flour - divided use
4 large eggs
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar - divided use
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- In a bowl beat powdered
sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30
seconds. Add 1 3/4 cups flour. Beat till thoroughly combined.
Press mixture into a greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake at
350°F (175°C) for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine eggs,
1 1/2 cups sugar, lemon juice, 1/4 cup flour, and baking powder.
Pour over hot baked layer. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar, and return
to the oven for 20 to 25 minutes more or till lightly browned
around the edges and center is set.
- Cool and cut into bars.
Makes 36 bars.
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