Austin's Lemon Bars

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face." - Eleanor Roosevelt Recipe courtesy of The Gourmet Cookbook and totally LOVED by Austin Perez

For Crust 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1-1/2 sticks cold butter, cut into 1/2 inch pieces For Filling 3 large eggs 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 tbsp heavy cream 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 1/8 tsp salt Confectioners' sugar for sprinkling Making the Crust Put a rack in middle of oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pulse together flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor just until combined. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press dough onto bottom of an ungreased 9-inch square baking pan or 7" x 11" baking pan. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, Make the Filling Whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, flour, heavy cream, zest, juice, and salt in a bowl until combined. Bake the Bars When crust is baked, rewhisk lemon mixture and pour onto hot crust. Bake until just set, about 16 minutes. Transfer pan to a rack to cool. Refrigerate bars, covered, until cold, at least 4 hours. Before serving, cut into bars and sprinkle with a thick layer of confectioners' sugar. This is so-o-o-o delicious . . . one of Austin's favorite recipes he made many times with Grandma Janice. Temp: 350 degrees Qty: Makes 18 bars Carbs/bar: 26.39g / Calories/bar: 188.6

Austin methodically digging out the flour, 2008

H-m-m-m-m . . . this looks like about a cup of flour

Let's see . . . we need to add a lot of cold butter

Carefully pour in the granulated suger

Let's see, three eggs go into the bowl next

Now for the mashing down part of the cookie bar

Just a little confectioners' sugar drizzled on top

Ta-da! Now this is what Austin calls the final yummy creation!

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