Shortbread Lemon Bars

Shortbread Lemon Bars

Ingredients

For Crust

• ¾ cup all purpose flour
• ⅓ cup powdered sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• 6 tbsp unsalted butter, chilled, cubed

For Filling

• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• ½ cup fresh lemon juice
• 3 Tbsp 0% fat milk
• ¼ tsp salt
• 2 tsp lemon zest, finely grated

Instructions

For Crust

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Coat a 8 inch square baking ban with no stick cooking spray or line with foil.
3. Combine flour, confectioners’ sugar and salt in large mixing bowl.
4. Add butter and cut into flour with a fork or crumble with your fingers to combine until flour resembles coarse meal.
5. Press mixture with fingers into even layer over the bottom of the pan.
6. Refrigerate for 15 minutes, then bake about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

For Filling

1. Combine sugar and flour for the filling in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk in the eggs.
2. Add lemon juice, milk, and salt; stir to combine.
3. Pour over baked crust. Sprinkle lemon zest over the filling.
4. Return to oven and bake 20 minutes, or until firmly set.
5. Cool on rack. Remove from pan and cut into 9 squares.
6. Dust with powdered sugar.

Content and Image from pickfreshfoods