Lemon Bars

oldiesgal

These Lemon Bars are great and really good for counting the calories. They are tart yet sweet.
Ingrediants:
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
5 tbsp packed light brown sugar
8 tbsp cold butter cut into 1/2" pieces
4 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar divided
3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tsp lemon zest

Preheat oven to 350
To make crust, mix flour and light brown sugar using a food processor until fully incorporated
Toss butter into flour mixture and pulse to combine using short bursts of power until butter is cut into pea sized pieces and dough appears lumpy.
Sprinkle crust mixture onto an ungreased 13X9X2" baking pan as evenly as possible, press down with a spatula to create a packed surface.
Place crust in middle of oven and bake until golden brown about 20 minutes.
To make lemon topping, beat eggs in a medium bowl with electric mixer untiil well blended.
Add vanilla and 3/4 cup powered sugar, mix well.
Add lemon juice and remaining powered sugar and mix until powdered sugar is completely dissolved and then add zest.
As soon as crust is finished remove from oven and reduce oven temp to 300.
Immediately pour lemon mixture over hot crust and bake 30 minutes until firm.
Cool and cut into 24 bars.
Note: You'll need approximately 3 lemons to yield the amount of juice and zest in this recipie.
You can increase the lemon flavour of these bars by adding more zest or for a less tart taste eliminate the zest.
You can also substitute fresh lime and lime juice for a different flavour