Lemon Squares

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recipe by Sandy M.

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    50mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    16
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    231

A very old recipe handed down for generations. The fresher the lemons the better the taste.

recipe updated 14 Oct. 2020

Ingredients

  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    195 g
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    60 g
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    175 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    3
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    3 tablespoons
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    305 g
  • Lemon juice icon
    Lemon juice
    6 tablespoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Square pan - 9"
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  2. Add all purpose flour, powdered sugar and salted butter to a clean medium bowl
  3. Cut in carefully with pastry blender until small clumps form
  4. Grease a clean square pan
  5. Transfer crumbs to square pan and gently pat into pan
  6. Bake until lightly browned then set aside - 15 min, 175°C
  7. Add egg, all purpose flour, granulated sugar and lemon juice to a clean medium bowl
  8. Mix thoroughly until smooth
  9. Transfer mixture to square pan
  10. Bake until golden brown and let cool - 25 min, 175°C
  11. Cut into squares
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