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Gina's Simple Lemon Bars

Gina's Simple Lemon Bars
Gina's Simple Lemon Bars requires approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 9. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 466 calories. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. If you have eggs, butter, egg yolk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
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Dice the butter and put into a food processor with the flour, and sugar. Pulse in short intervals until the mixture is crumbly and resembles coarse bread crumbs.
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3
Add the cold egg yolk, salt and water to the mixture, this will make a pastry dough.
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4
Place the dough onto a floured surface and form into a ball. Wrap in plastic and place in the refrigerator until cold.
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When the dough is cold, place on a floured surface and roll out to cover the bottom of a 13 by 9-inch pan.
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6
Bake for 20 minutes.
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7
Whisk eggs together and set aside.
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8
In a separate bowl mix the sugar, flour and baking powder together.
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9
Add the lemon zest and juice.
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Mix in the eggs until well combined.
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Pour the mixture over the par baked crust.
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Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes until the center has set firmly.
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13
Remove from the oven and allow it to cool.
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14
Cut into bars.
15
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients together and blend with a hand mixer on low until creamy. Pipe frosting onto lemon bars.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In2 hrs, 45 m.
Servings9
Health Score1
Vegetarian
DietsLacto Ovo Vegetarian
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