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Lemon Bars Recipe

For those bakers who love lemon curd or lemon cake, this will prove a winner as it combines both ingredient qualities with an easy method!

Difficulty

Medium

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cooking Time

40 minutes

Serves

YIELD: 20 bars

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Recipe Ingredients

Crust

375 ml SPAR cake flour
180 g SPAR butter or margarine
90 ml SPAR icing sugar
3 ml baking powder

Topping

3 large SPAR eggs
375 ml SPAR white sugar
60 ml fresh lemon juice ( 1-2 SPAR Freshline lemons)
45 ml SPAR cake flour

Recipe Method

Preheat oven to 180 º C. Lightly grease an oven pan +- 15 cm x 22 cm.
Mix the crust ingredients together to a soft ball of dough. Press into the oven pan base.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Beat the topping ingredients together to combine thoroughly and pour onto the partially baked crust. Return immediately to the oven and bake for a further 20-25 minutes until golden brown and firmly set.
Set aside to cool before slicing and dredging with sieved icing sugar.

Hints & Tips

Do not use bottled lemon juice as a substitute for fresh; the resulting flavour will not be as sharp and delicious.

A food processor makes quick efficient work of mixing the base and filling ingredients.