12 Days of Baking - Day Eleven!

I made these for the first time last Christmas and they are really good. They are REALLY lemony though so if you want to have a more mild tasting lemon bar you can cut the lemon juice down to 1/4 cup and add in 1/4 cup of brown sugar. This is a recipe from Cooking Light so feel free to have more than one at a time :)

Easy Lemon Bars

Crust:

1/4 cup granulated sugar

3 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened

1 cup all-purpose flour

Topping:

3 large eggs

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons grated lemon rind

1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons powdered sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350

To prepare the crust, beat 1/4 cup granulated sugar and the butter at medium speed of a mixer until creamy.

Lightly spoon 1 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.

Gradually add 1 cup flour to sugar mixture, beating at low speed until mixture resembles fine crumbs.

Gently press mixture into bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes; cool on a wire rack.

To prepare topping, beat eggs at medium speed until foamy.

Add 3/4 cup granulated sugar and next 5 ingredients (3/4 cup granulated sugar through salt), and beat until well-blended.

Pour mixture over partially baked crust. Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes or until set. Cool pan on wire rack.

Sift powdered sugar evenly over top.