Receta Lemon Squares
"sheer divine"; tangy and crumbly lemon squares.
Ingredientes
- For bottom layer (crumbly crust)
- 1/2 cup salted butter (softened; remove butter from fridge and let it stand in room temperature)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- For the top lemony layer
- 4 eggs (room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 lemons - juiced
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest (only the outer part; avoid the bitter white part)
Direcciones
- For the bottom layer
- Crumble all the three ingredients together.
- Press on a greased baking pan.
- Bake at 160C for 10 minutes.
- (Note: bake longer if you prefer a compacted layer)
- While it’s baking, prepare the lemony top layer.
- For the top lemony layer
- Sift flour and mix with sugar.
- Lightly beat eggs and add lemon juice and zest.
- Combine both the mixtures together.
- Pour over crumble.
- Continue to bake for another 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven, cool down and cut into squares.
- Optional: dust some icing sugar on top.
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Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving | %DV |
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Serving Size 85g | |
Recipe makes 10 servings | |
Calories 301 | |
Calories from Fat 98 | 33% |
Total Fat 11.13g | 14% |
Saturated Fat 6.4g | 26% |
Trans Fat 0.0g | |
Cholesterol 99mg | 33% |
Sodium 90mg | 4% |
Potassium 52mg | 1% |
Total Carbs 47.65g | 13% |
Dietary Fiber 0.6g | 2% |
Sugars 35.31g | 24% |
Protein 3.99g | 6% |