Double Lemon Bars

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups	93g / 3.3oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Powdered sugar
3/4 cup	148g / 5.2oz	Butter - (1 1/2 sticks) - cut into pieces,
		At room temperature
4		Eggs
1 1/2 cups	297g / 10oz	Sugar
1/2 cup	118ml	Fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon	15ml	All-purpose flour - plus
1 teaspoon	5ml	All-purpose flour
1 tablespoon	15ml	Grated lemon peel
		Powdered sugar - as needed

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and 1/2 cup powdered sugar in large bowl. Add butter and cut in until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press mixture into bottom of 9- by 13- by 2-inch baking dish. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Maintain oven temperature.

Beat eggs, 1 1/2 cups sugar, lemon juice, 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon flour and lemon peel in medium bowl to blend. Pour into crust. Bake until mixture is set, about 20 minutes. Cool.

Cut into 24 bars. Sift powdered sugar over top before serving.

This recipe yields 24 bars.

Source:
Bon Appetit, July 1991

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