Lemon Bars

One of my favorite summer sweets is lemon bars and I happened to make these tonight and they turned out great! They're super easy to make and only take a few simple ingredients and everyone will rave about them.

Lemon Bars:

Crust:

1 cup butter (2 sticks)

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

2/3 cup powdered sugar (plus another 1/4 cup for dusting)

Topping:

1 1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

4 eggs, slightly beaten

1/2 cup lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour a 9x13 pan

Directions for Crust:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and powdered sugar

2. Cut in butter until combined and crumbly

3. Press mixture into bottom of pan

4. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden

5. While crust is baking, prepare the topping.

Directions for Lemon:

1. In a large bowl, add sugar, flour, and baking powder

2. Add slightly beaten eggs and lemon juice

3. Mix well and pour on top of warm baked crust (If crust is fresh out of the oven, let it cool for 5-10 minutes before pouring mix on)

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

5. Dust with powdered sugar.

6. Cool bars, cut, remove excess sugar and enjoy them cold.

I hope you all take a chance to make and enjoy these. Here's how mine came out!

Pretty yummy looking, huh?!