Lemon Squares Recipe - Tangy Sweet and Easy Seriously


	Lemon Squares Recipe My mom loved baking us this Lemon Squares Recipe. And these really aren't considered a standard in Italian Dessert Recipes. Perhaps my non-Italian-health-goddess-hippie mom felt squeezing the lemons was in some way redeeming. Somehow my Italian grandma definitely blessed it along the way and requested it often! Truth be told - there is NOTHING secret or etnically branded in this recipe. It's everywhere! One item though - we cut them into squares. (Thus "lemon squares") And that's only because my mom wanted us to have smaller portions - afraid our teeth would fall out and we'd bounce through the house and shatter some hanging macrame table with the burning incense on a sugar high. If this wasn't the type of Lemon Squares Recipe you were looking for - see my lemon dessert recipes. Thanks for stopping by - and check out my homepage of Italian Dessert Recipes while you are here! Lisa Lemon Squares Yield : 9x13 inch pan. 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup confectioners' sugar 1 cup butter, melted 4 eggs 2 cups white sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 cup flour 5/8 cup lemon juice (REAL lemons - seriously!) Crust Procedure Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) Grease pan set aside Stir together flour and confectioners' sugar Blend in the melted butter Press into the bottom of the prepared pan Bake for 15 minutes (or until golden) Lemon Layer Procedure Beat the eggs until light Combine the sugar, flour and baking powder until all the lumps are gone Blend the sugar mixture into the eggs Add the lemon juice. Pour over the crust - the one you just prepared Return the dish to the over Bake for an additional 30 minutes (or until bars don't jiggle) Totally cool the bars before you cut them (or you will be really mad at yourself!) Do I have to use real lemons? Yeah, kinda. Really don't be a boring cook. The flavor from the real lemons is a "gotta". Can I use a graham cracker crust? Sure, but the bottom won't be as firm. Won't hurt though. Back to the top of the Lemon Squares Recipe Lemon Dessert Recipes Lemon Drinks Amaretto Sour Drink Recipe Amaretto Stone Sour Recipe Limoncello Recipe Lemon Cakes - Pudding - Tarts - Frosting and Cookies Lemonade Cake Lemon Layer Cake Lemon Pound Cake Lemon Cookie Recipe Lemon Shortbread Recipe Lemon Sauce Recipe Lemon Frosting Lemon Squares Recipe Lemon Tart Recipe Fathers Day I can already tell you the main recipes that are viewed on Italian Dessert Recipes during the last few weeks before Fathers Day - CHOCOLATE desserts, CHOCOLATE CAKES, CHOCOLATE cheesecake - basically anything chocolate. Not sure why we think men need chocolate. But, it's a cyclical. I see it every year - all my chocolate dessert recipes get the highest viewings. So, to give you some ideas - here's what most of us cook for our men on Fathers Day: Recipe for Chocolate Cheesecake (I love this because it uses sour cream, and makes the chocolate have the bittersweet deep end flavor Chocolate Walnut Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake (Uses 3 sticks of butter - I make this about 4 times a year!) And if you don't want chocolate? Another great holiday cake, that I make for celebrations: Italian Rum Cake (Give yourself a day ahead of time to make this. It needs to soak about 24 hours to flavor.) Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About
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