Best Lemon Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling

Recipe

• 1 shortbread base:preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cut butter into 1/2 inch pieces.
• 3 in food processor, process all ingredients until mixture begins to form small lumps.
• 4 press mixture evenly into 9x13 baking pan.
• 5 bake in middle of oven until golden, about 20 minutes.
• 6 while shortbread is baking, prepare topping.
• 7 topping: in bowl whisk together eggs and granulated sugar until combined well.
• 8 stir in lemon juice and flour.
• 9 pour lemon mixture over hot shortbread base.
• 10 reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake in middle of oven until set, about 30 minutes.
• 11 let cool completely in pan then sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.