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Tea Time Lemon Bars

Tea Time Lemon Bars are easy lemon dessert with shortbread crust and lemon juice filling. So tangy and so sweet!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Tea Time Lemon Bars
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
resting 2 hours
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for the crust:
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 5 Tbsp powdered sugar
  • 3 Tbsp corn starch
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter + extra for the baking dish
  • Pinch of salt
  • Ingredients for lemon filling:
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup squeezed lemon juice ( 2 medium sized lemons )
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp powdered sugar to sprinkle over cooled bars

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 170 C / 338 F.
  2. Using fingers, combine flour, powdered sugar, corn starch, pinch of salt and butter on a clean working surface.

  3. Flour the surface and roll the crust to fit 8 x 12 inches baking pan, previously buttered.

  4. Bake the crust for 15 minutes.

  5. While the crust is baking, in a bowl, whisk eggs with sugar and add flour, fresh lemon juice and zest.

  6. Pour over baked crust while still hot and bake for additional 20 minutes.
  7. When done, cool at least for two hours.
  8. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.