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Luscious Lemon Squares

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Everyone loves homemade lemon squares! These refreshing sweet and lightly tart lemon squares are Betty's Best.

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PREP TIME 10 Min
TOTAL TIME 1 Hr
SERVINGS 25

1: cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2: cup butter or margarine, softened

1/4: cup powdered sugar

1: cup granulated sugar

2: teaspoons grated lemon peel, if desired

2: tablespoons lemon juice

1/2: teaspoon baking powder

1/4: teaspoon salt

2: eggs

: Powdered sugar

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1 Heat oven to 350ºF.
2 Mix flour, butter and powdered sugar. Press in ungreased square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 inches, building up 1/2-inch edges.
3 Bake crust 20 minutes.
4 Beat granulated sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice, baking powder, salt and eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Pour over hot crust.
5 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Cool; dust with powdered sugar. Cut into about 1 1/2-inch squares.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)

Calories 90

(Calories from Fat 35 ),

Total Fat 4 g

(Saturated Fat 1 g,

Cholesterol 15 mg;
Sodium 80 mg;
Total Carbohydrate 13 g

(Dietary Fiber 0g,

Protein 1 g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 4 %;
Vitamin C 0 %;
Calcium 2 %;
Iron 2 %;

Exchanges:

1 Fruit;
1/2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 2/14/2012 9:20:14 PM REPORT ABUSE lilacbreezes said:

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These turned out way too sweet, almost sickeningly so, with not enough tartness and lemon flavor to balance the overwhelming sweetness. If I made them again I would take a hint from the previous reviewer and add more lemon juice. Also, mine didn't properly despite baking almost 30 minutes. The outer half was very firm and the center part was soft and just barely set. Rather disappointed with this recipe.

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Posted 12/18/2011 12:37:27 PM REPORT ABUSE drr5472 said:

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I am not much of a cook, but I love sweet/tart treats, and I have been making this since I got a Betty Crocker cookbook with trading stamps in the 1970s. I actually found this website because I googled "lemon squares" looking for a better recipe. This one is good with more lemon, and I consider grated citrus peel to be essential. It works with a quarter-cup of bottled lemon juice and grated orange peel in the crust if that is all I have in the house. I put the baking powder in the crust, as all it will do is neutralize the lemon and weaken the flavor if done as directed. I use salted butter in the crust, and I do add the salt to the lemon juice as it is necessary for the flavor. I rarely have confectioners sugar, and just use granulated, and can not tell the difference.

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Posted 9/10/2011 2:31:55 PM REPORT ABUSE ktiftickjian said:

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I have made these Lemon Bars probably ten times over the last two summers. They are a delicious summer treat, and they are gone the day I make them. The crust is great. I always add at least two more tablespoons of lemon juice than the recipe calls for, it definitely needs it. I recently tried to make these as tarts. I built up a tart shell using a small cupcake tin and followed the normal recipe. They turned out great as long as you can get enough filling in them!

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