Christmas Recipes
Ultimate Sour Lemon Bars
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping
- 5 large eggs (room temperature)
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice, strained
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon peel, grated
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9 inch square pan with foil, extending 1 inch above sides of pan. Grease uncovered 2 sides of pan.
Crust
- Combine flour, powdered sugar and salt in processor.
- Add butter and cut in using on/off turns until mixture appears sandy.
- Add vanilla extract and process until dough begins to come together.
- Press evenly into prepared pan.
- Bake until golden brown, about 28 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare Topping.
Topping
- Whisk eggs and sugar in a medium bowl to blend.
- Whisk in lemon juice, then flour.
- Strain into another bowl.
- Mix in grated lemon peel.
- Reduce oven to 325 degrees F.
- Pour filling over hot crust.
- Bake until sides are set and filling no longer moves in center when pan is shaken, about 22 minutes.
- Cool on rack.
- Cover and chill for at least 4 hours.
- Using foil sides as aid, lift dessert from pan. Fold down foil sides. Cut into 16 squares. Cut each square diagonally in half, forming triangles.
- Sift top with additional confectioners' sugar.