Archive for May 17th, 2009

These lemon squares are addictive! You can’t eat just one. The tartness of the lemon and sweetness from the sugar make these a winner.

Ingredients:
Makes 16

Crust:

• 1/2 C Land o Lakes margarine
• 1/3 C powdered sugar
• 1 1/3 C flour

Top:

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 C sugar
• 3 T flour
• juice of 1 lemon
• grated rind of 1 lemon

Do this:
Cut margarine and let sit for 15 minutes or so to soften. Add the powdered sugar and flour and blend like pie crust with pie cutter. Press evenly into 9×13 cake pan and bake for 15 minutes in 350º oven until delicately brown. While crust is baking, beat the eggs and add sugar, flour, grated rind and the juice from one lemon. Pour this on hot crust and bake another 15 minutes or until delicately brown. Remove from oven and dust with powdered sugar. Cool and cut into squares. The center will be soft until cool.

Cut margarine and let sit for 15 minutes to soften
Cut the four and powdered sugar into the margarine using a pasty cutter

Crust will resemble pie dough

Now dump the crust into a 9″x13″ cake pan

Pat the crust evenly on the bottom of cake pan and bake 15 minutes in 350º oven

Prepare the top while crust is baking. Blend 3 eggs with electric mixer

Add sugar, flour, grated lemon rind and lemon juice to eggs and beat with mixer. Pour onto hot bottom crust and bake another 15 minutes in 350º oven

Take out of oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar

Cool and cut into squares