Description
Lemon squares taken to the next level!
Ingredients
- FOR THE CRUST:
- 1-½ cup Flour
- ½ cups Powdered Sugar
- ¾ cups Cold Butter
- FOR THE CREAM CHEESE FILLING:
- 16 ounces, fluid Cream Cheese
- 1 cup White Sugar
- 2 Eggs, Beaten
- FOR THE LEMON TOPPING:
- 4 Eggs
- 1-½ cup White Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Flour
- 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest
- ½ cups Lemon Juice
Preparation
For the crust:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly butter a 9 x 13 dish.
Whisk together the flour and powdered sugar in a bowl. Cut in the cold butter with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press the crumbs into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared baking dish to form a crust.
Bake crust in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
For the cream cheese filling:
Mix cream cheese and sugar in a bowl until well blended. Add the eggs, then spread over the cooked crust.
For the lemon layer:
Whisk together eggs, sugar, flour, lemon zest and lemon juice in a bowl. Pour lemon mixture on top of cream cheese mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven until the filling is set, about 35 minutes.
