Lemon Bars

I love a good lemon bar!  The buttery crust and the sweet tart lemon goes so well with coffee.
They are so easy to make and so delicious!  These keep well in an air tight container.

Basically you make the crust then pat it down into a 9X13 pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes.   Then you just whisk together the lemon filling and pour over baked crust and bake another 15 to 20 minutes. 

There is that old saying it's as easy as pie....well this is as easy as pie!  Just make sure you always use real butter!!  I will be honest and say I used Real Lemon Juice out of the bottle.   I didn't use to buy it but found for baking it's really good and easy.  So now I buy it at Sam's, it comes in two large bottles for a pretty good price!

Cream together the butter and sugar

add flour and combine well

 just press it into the bottom of the pan (I have had it come out crumbly before so if it does just press it to the bottom of the pan).  Usually thougth it looks like this above.

Bake crust for 20 minutes or until golden brown

For the lemon filling add sugar and flour

whisk in lemon juice and eggs

pour of crust and bake for 20 minutes

Buttery crust  with a lemony tart topped with powder sugar!

Lemon Bars

1 cup butter

½ cup sugar

2 cups flour

4 eggs

1 ½ cups sugar

¼ cup flour

½ cup lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, 2 cups flour and ½ sugar.  Press into the bottom of a 9X13 inch pan.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden.  In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1 ½ cups sugar and a ¼ cup flour.   Whisk in the lemon juice and eggs.  Pour over baked crust.

Bake an additional 20 minutes in preheated oven.  The bars will firm up as they cool.

After cooled cut into 2 inch squares