Deluxe Lemon Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Mix crust ingredients in a food processor, or by hand. Press down evenly into a parchment lined 9 x 13" pan. Bake for 20 mn.
• Mix filling ingredients, pour over the hot crust. Bake an additional 20-25 mn. or until set.
• Cool completely, dust with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Sift together 2 cups of flour and icing sugar. Cut in butter until mixture clings together. Press into 13x9 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 until lightly browned, aprox. 20-25 minutes.
• Put eggs, sugar, and lemon juice in blender. Blend until thick and smooth. Sift 1/4 cup of flour with baking powder. Add to blender and blend to combine. Pour over crust. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
• Sprinkle with additional icing sugar. Cool in refrigerator. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-by-13-inch cake pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on the long ends; this will help you remove the lemon bars from the pan later. Lightly spray the pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Add the flour, cheese and confectioners' sugar to a food processor. Pulse to incorporate all the ingredients. Slowly stream in the butter while pulsing, stopping occasionally to scrape the bowl down and to loosen any caked flour on the base of the bowl. Continue to pulse until the mixture has the texture of wet sand and holds together when pressed together in your hand. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and press and mold to dough to cover the base of the pan and up the sides about 3/4 inch. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake until the crust is set and the edges are golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
• In the meantime, make the lemon curd filling: Add the granulated sugar, flour, lemon zest, lemon juice, vanilla and eggs to a large bowl and whisk to evenly combine. Transfer the filling to the warm crust and bake until the curd is just set, 20 to 23 minutes.
• Let cool to room temperature on a wire rack, then transfer the pan to the refrigerator to cool for at least 2 hours or up to overnight. Dust with confectioners' sugar before slicing.

Steps:

• Sift together 2 cups flour and the powdered sugar. Cut in butter or margarine. Press into bottom of a 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly brown. Beat together eggs, granulated sugar and lemon juice. Sift together the ¼ cup flour and the baking powder. Stir into the egg mixture. Pour over the baked crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool and cut into bars-makes 30. For any bar cookie if you line the pan with foil and butter it you can lift the cookies out when done and cut them neatly.

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly butter a 9 x 13 inch baking dish and line it with a sheet of parchment paper.
• Dot parchment paper with butter, then lay a second sheet of parchment crosswise over the first one, allowing the ends to extend over the top edge of the pan by about 1 inch.
• To Mix Crust in Food Processor: In a food processor, fitted with steel blade, pulse together the flour, confectioner's sugar, cornstarch and salt to mix well.
• Add 12 Tablespoons butter and process to blend (about 8 to 10 seconds), then pulse until mixture is a pale yellow color and resembles a coarse meal, (about three-1-second bursts).
• To Mix Crust By Hand: Mix flour, confectioner's sugar, cornstarch and salt together in a medium bowl.
• Freeze butter and grate it on the large holes of a box grater into the flour mixture.
• Toss butter pieces to coat.
• Rub coated butter pieces between your fingers for a minute, until flour turns pale yellow and coarse.
• Sprinkle crust mixture into parchment lined pan.
• Using both hands, firmly press mixture into an even, 1/4" layer over the entire pan bottom and about 1/2" up the sides.
• Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
• Remove chilled crust and bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Filling: Prepare filling while crust is baking.
• In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, sugar and flour.
• Stir in lemon zest, juice, milk and salt; stirring to blend well.
• Remove crust from oven, and reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• Stir filling mixture to reblend and pour over warm crust.
• Return bars to oven and bake about 20 minutes, or until filling feels firm when lightly touched.
• Remove from oven and place pan on wire rack to cool until almost room temperature (at least 30 minutes).
• Grasp the edges of the lengthwise parchment paper (long sides of the pan) and lift the lemon bars out of the pan and onto a cutting board or counter.
• Carefully peel the paper down from the sides and using a pizza cutter or knife, slice them into serving size bars, wiping pizza cutter or knife clean between cuts as necessary.
• Sieve confectioner's sugar over bars, if desired.
• Leftover bars can be sealed in plastic wrap and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

Steps:

• For the base mix the butter into the flour and sugar.
• Mix with hands until it clings together.
• Press into a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• For the filling, beat together eggs, sugar and lemon juice.
• Sift together flour and baking powder.
• Stir into egg mixture.
• Pour over baked, cooled crust.
• Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.
• Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Cut into bars.

Steps:

• In a bowl cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until fluffy.
• In a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts (optional).
• Spread in greased 15x10x1 inch pan. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes.
• Sprinkle marshmallows evenly over cake; return to oven for 2-3 minutes.
• Using a knife dipped in water, spread the marshmallows evenly over the cake. Cool.
• Topping:.
• For topping combine chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in a small saucepan.
• Cook over low heat stirring constantly until blended. Remove from heat and stir in rice krispies. Spread over bars. Chill. Makes 3 dozen
• DECADENT bars!