Lemon Bars

Name: Lemon Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 250g plain flour; 80g icing sugar; 200g cold butter, diced; 1 pinch salt; 4 eggs; 400g caster sugar; 120ml fresh lemon juice; 1 tbsp lemon zest; 4 tbsp plain flour for filling; icing sugar for dusting

Tangy lemon curd bars on a buttery shortbread base — the balance of sweet and sour done right. Pouring the lemon filling over the base while it's still warm from the oven stops a visible seam forming between the layers.

Total time

60 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

250gplain flour

80gicing sugar

200gcold butter, diced

1 pinchsalt

4eggs

400gcaster sugar

120mlfresh lemon juice

1 tbsplemon zest

4 tbspplain flour for filling

icing sugarfor dusting

Instructions

Mix flour, icing sugar and salt, rub in butter until it comes together.

Press into a 30x20cm tin and bake at 180C for 18 minutes until pale golden.

Whisk eggs with caster sugar until combined.

Add lemon juice, zest and flour, whisk until smooth.

Pour lemon filling over warm base.

Bake at 175C for 20 minutes until filling is just set.

Cool completely in tin.

Dust heavily with icing sugar and cut into bars.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1131

Protein

13.4g

Fat

45.9g

Carbs

170.7g

Fiber

2.2g

Sodium

2017mg

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