A summer favorite: Lemon squares
One of my favorite spring/summer sweet treats is lemon squares. Not just any old, boxed recipe for lemon squares, but homemade, fresh squares that are melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
Lemon squares are the perfect treat to bring to a picnic or have at any meal. I found this recipe in “Loukoumi’s Celebrity Cookbook” – a really fun cookbook find that has great recipes from more than 50 celebrities.
Katie Couric adapted the recipe that I’m sharing with you, and it’s a keeper!
Lemon Squares
Ingredients
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
2 cups plus 6 Tbsps. flour, divided
Pinch of salt
1 cup room-temperature butter, sliced into 8 pieces
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
6 Tbsps. lemon juice
Grated rind of one lemon
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 13×9-inch baking pan.
In a food processor, blend confectioners sugar, 2 cups flour and salt. Add butter and pulse until mixture is crumbly. Press into pan and bake for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, beat eggs, 2 cups sugar, 6 Tbsps. flour and lemon juice until well combined. Stir in lemon rind. Pour on top of hot crust and bake for an additional 25 minutes.
Cool completely, then sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Cut into squares and serve!
Web columnist and local blogger Angelique Lorence is a mother of three boys, a Robert Morris University alumna and resident of Washington County. Visit her personal blog Where the Piggy Toes Go for this column and more on family, food, fashion and everything in between. Follow The Piggy Toes on Facebook and on Twitter: @thepiggytoes.