Lemon Love Notes
The Junior League of St. Paul, MN
The Midwestern Junior League Cookbook
1/2 cup soft butter or margarine
1 cup flour
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon
2 eggs, well beaten
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Combine butter with the 1 cup of flour and the confectioners’ sugar and pat into a 9-inch-square pan. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes and cool.
Meanwhile, combine the lemon juice and rind, eggs, sugar, the 2 tablespoons flour, baking powder; spread on baked crust. Bake in 350° oven for 25 minutes (watch that it doesn’t get too brown).
Cool. Spread with icing and cut into bars.
Yield: 16 Bars
Vanilla Icing:
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon butter
1-1/2 teaspoons milk
Beat all ingredients into a smooth icing.
Notes:
Poked the crust with a fork a bit prior to baking
Definitely need to line the baking dish with parchment paper as these are quite sticky and delicate
Decided to leave off the icing since they tasted sweet enough to me as is