Sylvia’s Lemon Squares

Sylvia’s Lemon Squares

Ingredients

Base

  • 1/2 cup soft butter
  • 1/4 cup icing sugar
  • 1 cup all purpose flour

Filling

  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 Tsp grated lemon rind

Directions

Base
Mix all the ingredients well. Grease a 9 x 9 or 8 x 9 or 11 x 7 inch square pan. Pat the mixture into the bottom. Prick with a fork. Bake at 350 deg. F for 15 minutes.
Filling
Combine eggs, sugar, juice and rind. Mix well and pour over the top of the baked base. Return to the oven for 25 minutes.
baked lemon squares
When cool, dust with icing sugar and cut into squares.
Sylvia's Lemon Squares