Title: Lemon Bars #2
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 1 Servings

1	c	Butter
1/2	c	Confectioners sugar
2	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Salt
4		Eggs, well beaten
2	c	Granulated sugar
5	tb	Lemon juice
2	tb	Grated lemon rind
		Confectioners sugar, topping

A not-too-tart lemon topping over a sweet crust.

Preheat oven to 300ø.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and confectioners sugar; then blend in flour and salt. Press mixture down in a flat buttered cookie pan. Bake at 300ø for 20 minutes.

While crust is baking, in a medium bowl blend together eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice and rind. Pour over crust. Raise temperature to 350ø and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes at 350ø. Remove from oven and let cool. When cooled, sprinkle with additional confectioners sugar. Cut into rectangles.

Yield: 24. Louise Durman, Food Editor, The News-Sentinel, Knoxville, TN

Randy Shearer

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