Moms Lemon Squares Food

LEMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch glass baking dish.

BEST LEMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Process 2 cups flour, butter, and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; press into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges of the crust are golden brown, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool crust to room temperature.
• Beat white sugar, eggs, 1/4 cup flour, lemon juice, baking powder, and lemon zest together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy; pour onto the cooled crust.
• Bake in the oven until custard is set, 25 to 28 minutes. Cool lemon squares completely; dust the top with more confectioners' sugar.

MOM'S LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Mix the first 4 ingredients and press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
• Bake at 350F for 20 minutes.
• Mix the next 4 ingredients, my mom always uses a little more lemon juice than is called for. Remove pan from oven and pour filling over the top.
• Bake for 25 more minutes or until they start to brown at the edges.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar when they come out of the oven, cool.
• Cut into squares and serve.

MOM'S LEMON SQUARES

Steps:

• BASE: Sift together sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Add butter and work with fingers until crumbly mixture forms.
• Mix together egg, milk and lemon flavoring.
• Add to flour mixture.
• press in 8-inch well greased pan.
• FILLING:.
• Mix together all ingredients. pour over base.
• Bake in 350F oven for 20-25 minutes or until top is beginning to turn slightly brown.

LEMON SQUARES

Steps:

• For the crust: Lightly brush a 9- by 13-inch baking pan with butter. Beat the butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Whisk the flour, cornstarch and salt together in a medium bowl. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter and mix just until combined. Evenly press the dough into the prepared pan. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Pierce the dough all over with a fork. Bake until golden, about 30 minutes. Cool.
• For the filling: Whisk the sweetened condensed milk, granulated sugar, flour, salt, eggs and yolks in a large bowl until thick and light. Lightly whisk in the citrus juices. Pour the filling into the crust. Bake until set but still loose in the center, about 25 minutes. Cool to room temperature, and then refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Cut into 2-inch squares and just before serving, dust generously with confectioners' sugar.

MY MOM'S LEMON BARS ARE BETTER THAN YOUR MOM'S LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Mix crust ingredients together.
• Pat mixture into a 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake 20 minutes at 350°F.
• While crust is baking, combine these filling ingredients first: beaten eggs, sugar, and lemon juice.
• Gradually add flour and baking powder to the mixture.
• Mix well until "frothy".
• Immediately after taking crust out of oven, pour in filling.
• Bake 20-25 minutes at 350°F
• Tip: Watch filling at 20 minutes - it should turn a little brown spotted on top, but not a lot.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar when cool.