Description
Best cure for your lemon obsession.
Ingredients
Scale
- For the Shortbread Base
- 2 Cups flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 2 tsp Almond Extract
- Lemon Top
- 4 Large Eggs (beaten)
- 1 2/3 cups white sugar
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Set the oven to 350
- For the shortbread cookie base: Mix the butter, flour and sugar together. I used my kitchenmaid stand mixer with paddle attachment for this. When the mixture starts to look more like a light dough add the almond extract and mixture some more.
- When mixed, press it into a pan. I used a 13×9 metal pan. I lined it with parchment paper and PAM Baking Spray. Yes it might be overkill but nothing was going to stop from me from getting my bars out of that pan.
- So when you are pressed the cookie dough into the pan, put it in the oven and let it bake for approximately 25 minutes or until golden brownish.
- While that is baking, put the whisk attachment on the kitchenAid mixer. Make sure you bowl is clean and dry before moving forward.
- Dry? GREAT! Now whisk the eggs for about 5-7 minutes. I really fluffed them up.
- While that’s whisking away, mix the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Put that aside.
- Once the eggs are done whisking, they will be white and fluffy, add the sugar and lemon juice. mix for another minute or 2.
- Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture in thirds.
- Remove the pan with the shortbread cookie bottom from the oven when it is ready. You can let it cool if you want. I didn’t…mostly because I’m impatient like that.
- Pour the lemon mixture on top of the shortbread cookie crust.
- Put the pan back in the oven and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes.
- Once baked, let cool. Then dust with a very generous amount of powdered sugar.
- ENJOY!
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Dessert
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 343
- Sugar: 30
- Sodium: 221
- Fat: 16
- Saturated Fat: 9
- Unsaturated Fat: 4
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 47
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 103