lemon bars

lemon
Originally uploaded by immjay.

i made these cos i got a craving one day after seeing paula deen's lemon bars on tv. these aren't paula deen's, but it's a recipe that's from the food network. my friend loved the crust so much that she wanted me to just make the crust for her!

Lemon Bars
makes 24

COOKIE BASE
1 cup unsalted butter, melted (i actually just cut my cold butter into little chunks)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups unbleached allpurpose flour

LEMON FILLING
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons unbleached allpurpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon rind

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together butter, powdered sugar and flour until well blended (since my butter was melted, i mixed it until all the ingredients were mixed well together, with the butter in little flecks through out the dough). Press mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch glass baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes.

Sift together sugar, flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl. Add eggs, lemon juice and lemon rind. Beat by hand or with electric mixer until well blended. Pour mixture over crust and bake for 25 minutes.

Allow bars to cool, then dust with powdered sugar and cut into squares.