Recipe - Lemon Bars

Lemon Bars

So right now I'm not eating chocolate. Every year I give it up for lent and this year is no different. I'm not Catholic or anything, it's just a tradition I started in university and have carried on ever since. It's a good thing. I like to test myself - but it also means I need to find other sources of sugar to help my cravings. Enter the lemon bars. Apologies, my crust looks a little darker in my photos this time because I had run out of white sugar and used brown sugar instead. I also think I slightly over-cooked mine but either way, they're still sticky and soft and chewy and absolutely frikin' delicious and absolutely worth you making at home.

Ingredients

Crust:
- 8oz butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 2 cups GF flour
- Sprinkling of pink salt
- Spray butter

Lemon Filling:
- 5 eggs
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 cup GF flour
- Lemon zest from 1 lemon (if you wish to add)
- Confectioner's sugar

Directions

- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Mix together the butter and sugar with a mixer (like a KitchenAid) until whipped, soft and light.
- Combine the flour with the salt, and add to the butter/sugar mix.
- Mix slowly until just combined.


- Spray a 9x13 inch dish with the spray butter.
- Press the dough into the bottom of the dish, creating a 1/2inch edge on all sides. Make sure it's all even.
- Bake the crust for 15 minutes, until very lightly browned.
- Leave it to cool once done.
- Whisk together the eggs, sugar, lemon juice and flour.

- Pour over the cooled crust and then bake (with a foil cover for the first 15 mins) for 30-35 mins.
- Let them cool fully before cutting into desired shape.
- Sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
- Enjoy!