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Easiest Way to Make Quick Lemon Shortbread Bars

date: 2020-07-13T21:51:02.622Z
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author: Mollie Anderson
ratingvalue: 5
reviewcount: 48339
recipeingredient:
- " It has two steps" - "1 Shortbread cookie base" - "2 cups Flour sieved" - "1/4 tsp Salt" - "1/2 cup Powdered sugar" - "1/2 tsp Vanilla essence" - "1 cup Butter salted unsalted cold" - "2 Lemon curd filling" - "1 cup Freshly squizzed lemon juice" - "2 tbsp Lemon zest" - "2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar" - "1/3 cup Flour" - "1/4 tsp Salt" - "6 Eggs large" - "as needed Green yellow food colour few drops"
recipeinstructions:
- "For shortbread take flour salt sugar in a bowl mix it" - "Add essence and butter (in cubes) beat with an electric blender" - "Grease a 7" square mould and pour the flour mixture in it, level with the back of a spoon" - "Bake it in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-25 min then take out and cool down" - "For lemon curd filling take sugar lemon zest in a bowl and mix it with a fork" - "Add flour and salt" - "Take eggs in another bowl. and beat" - "Add flour mixture to the eggs and mix with a balloon whisk" - "Mix lemon juice" - "Pour this mixture on the shortbread base and bake at 180°C for 25 mins"
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- Recipe
tags:
- lemon - shortbread - bars
katakunci: lemon shortbread bars
nutrition: 299 calories
recipecuisine: American
preptime: "PT26M"
cooktime: "PT42M"
recipeyield: "2"
recipecategory: Lunch

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Hello everybody, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lemon shortbread bars. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

We stock a wide range of individually wrapped biscuits from top brands. These are classic lemon bars featuring a soft butter shortbread crust and a tangy sweet lemon curd filling that's baked to the perfect consistency. The lemon layer is thick and substantial, not thin or flimsy like most other lemon bar recipes. Tip the butter, sugar and a pinch of salt into a large bowl, and beat with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy.

Lemon Shortbread Bars is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It's easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It's appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Lemon Shortbread Bars is something that I have loved my entire life.


To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lemon shortbread bars using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.



##### The ingredients needed to make Lemon Shortbread Bars:

1. Prepare It has two steps 1. Make ready 1 . Shortbread cookie base 1. Get 2 cups Flour (sieved) 1. Prepare 1/4 tsp Salt 1. Prepare 1/2 cup Powdered sugar 1. Make ready 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence 1. Take 1 cup Butter (salted / unsalted) cold 1. Take 2 . Lemon curd filling 1. Take 1 cup Freshly squizzed lemon juice 1. Make ready 2 tbsp Lemon zest 1. Take 2 1/2 cups Powdered sugar 1. Get 1/3 cup Flour 1. Make ready 1/4 tsp Salt 1. Get 6 Eggs large 1. Take as needed Green / yellow food colour few drops

Lightly spray with non-stick baking spray and set aside. My recent obsession - lemon bars! The combination of shortbread and lemon curd in these classic lemon bars is a winner. You can also check out my Meyer lemon curd recipe and these Berry Lemon Tartlets that I made a while back.



##### Steps to make Lemon Shortbread Bars:

1. For shortbread take flour salt sugar in a bowl mix it 1. Add essence and butter (in cubes) beat with an electric blender 1. Grease a 7" square mould and pour the flour mixture in it, level with the back of a spoon 1. Bake it in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20-25 min then take out and cool down 1. For lemon curd filling take sugar lemon zest in a bowl and mix it with a fork 1. Add flour and salt 1. Take eggs in another bowl. and beat 1. Add flour mixture to the eggs and mix with a balloon whisk 1. Mix lemon juice 1. Pour this mixture on the shortbread base and bake at 180°C for 25 mins

The combination of shortbread and lemon curd in these classic lemon bars is a winner. You can also check out my Meyer lemon curd recipe and these Berry Lemon Tartlets that I made a while back. They are very easy to make and require some staple ingredients, you probably already have. There are some delicious Bar Cookies that call for a simple Shortbread Base such as Lemon Cheese Cake Bars or my personal favourites Coconut Jam Squares. All you need are three ingredients, butter, sugar and flour to make the perfect Shortbread base for a Bar Cookie.

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