The Best Lemon Bars Recipe
Tangy and Buttery lemon bars which has a crusty buttery flaky shortcrust pastry which is filled with a custardy lemony filling which taste so delicious.
Ingredients
- For Bottom Crust:
- Butter - ½ cup / 113 grams
- Confectioner's Sugar / Icing Sugar - ¼ cup / 30 grams
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup / 120 grams
- Salt - ¼ tsp
- For the Lemony Filling:
- Eggs - 2
- Regular Sugar - 1 cup / 200 grams
- Lemon Zest - 1 tblspn
- Lemon Juice - ¼ cup
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 tblspn
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170 Degree C/ 350 Degree F. Butter a square pan
- Take Butter and icing sugar in a mixing bowl and beat them till creamy.
- Add in salt and flour and mix well till it gets together.
- Transfer this to a greased pan and press it with your hands so that it is packed firmly.
- Bake it in the oven for 20 mins till light golden.
- When the crust is in the oven make the filling. Take eggs, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, flour in a bowl and mix well.
- When the crust is baked, remove it from the oven. Pour the filling over the crust and return it to the oven for 20 more mins.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool down for 30 mins before slicing.
- Dust with more confectioner's sugar and enjoy.