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Lemon Bars

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Lemon Bars

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

1

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

2

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

3

Whisk eggs with caster sugar until combined.

4

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

5

Pour lemon filling over warm base.

6

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

7

Cool completely in tin.

8

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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