Lemon Bars Recipe

Here is a quicker and easier way to make the lemony delight! Some people like to eat them straight out of the oven, other’s like them chilled with a dollop of whipped cream. My personal favorite is warm lemon bars with a lovely scoop of vanilla ice cream!


Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
• 1/3rd Cup butter
• 1/4th Cup caster sugar
• 1/2 Teaspoon baking powder
• 2 Eggs
• Juice and zest of one lemon
• 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla essence
• Icing sugar for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius 10 minutes before baking.
2. Combine the flour and softened butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Stir in the caster sugar, baking powder, eggs , lemon juice , zest and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
4. Press down in a lightly oiled baking dish and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the surface becomes lightly golden in colour but is still slightly wobbly.
5. Remove from the oven , cool and dust with icing sugar!

Lemon Butter Cookies Recipe

Everyone loves a cookie, a little treat for all age groups. So, instead of the regular choco-chip or oatmeal cookies I made a lemon butter one for all the lemon lovers out there! And you can make them as lemony as you like.

Ingredients

• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• A pinch of salt
• Zest of 1 lemon(depends on how lemony you want it)
• 3/4 cup cold butter (in small pieces)
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar

Method

1. In a food processor, pulse together the flour, sugar, and salt.
2. Add the lemon zest and butter and pulse until coarse crumbs
3. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolk and vanilla essence and to blend. form. add to the mixture in the food processor and pulse until large, moist clumps form.
4. Press the dough together and pat into a neat square.
5. Wrap tightly with cling film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
6. Unwrap the dough and cut into neat ½ inch thick squares hours to 3 days.and let them stand for 10- 15 minutes for them to soften and become pliable.
7. Roll out the small squares, and if the dough cracks roll again, then cut out cookie shapes of your choice and refrigerate for about 10 minutes for them to become firm.
8. Line 2 cookie sheets with butter paper and carefully place the cookies on them and bake -for 10-15 minutes or until lightly golden.
9. Let them cool and then dust with icing sugar and enjoy!