Lemon Bars (Classic)

Name: Lemon Bars (Classic)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour; 1/4 cup icing sugar; pinch salt; 115g cold butter, cubed; 4 eggs; 1 1/2 cups caster sugar; 1/3 cup lemon juice; 3 tbsp plain flour; zest of 2 lemons; icing sugar to dust

Tangy lemon curd set over a buttery shortbread base, a classic American bake sale staple loved by all.

Total time

65 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 cupplain flour

1/4 cupicing sugar

pinchsalt

115gcold butter, cubed

4eggs

1 1/2 cupscaster sugar

1/3 cuplemon juice

3 tbspplain flour

zest of 2lemons

icing sugarto dust

Instructions

Make base: mix flour, icing sugar and salt. Rub in butter. Press into a lined 20x20cm tin.

Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes until pale golden.

Make filling: whisk eggs, sugar, lemon juice, flour and zest.

Pour over hot base.

Bake at 170°C for 25 minutes. Cool completely. Dust with icing sugar. Slice.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

742

Protein

10.6g

Fat

28.5g

Carbs

114.3g

Fiber

1.5g

Sodium

2014mg

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