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Lemon Lime Squares

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A tangy twist to the classic lemon bar!

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CRUST:
  • ½ cups Butter
  • ¼ cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 cup Flour
  • ⅛ teaspoons Salt
  • _____
  • FOR THE LIME FILLING:
  • 1 whole Lime, Zested
  • ½ cups Sugar
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Lime Juice
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Flour
  • ¼ teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 whole Egg
  • _____
  • FOR THE LEMON FILLING:
  • ½ whole Large Lemon, Zested
  • ½ cups Sugar
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Flour
  • ¼ teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 whole Egg

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the pan (either an 8×8 Pyrex, or individual square tins).

With an electric mixer, beat together butter and powdered sugar on medium speed until creamy. Turn the mixer down to low and slowly add the flour and salt. Mix until well combined. Press the dough into the pan and bake for 10 minutes.

While the dough is baking, prepare the fillings: in one bowl, mix together the ingredients for the lime filling and in another bowl, mix together the ingredients for the lemon filling. (If you’re just going to use an 8×8 Pyrex, go ahead and just mix everything together in 1 bowl.)

To recreate my 2-color look, put the tip of a spatula diagonally in the square cavity and spoon in about 1-1/2 tablespoon of the lime on one side of the spatula and 1-1/2 tablespoon of lemon on the other. (For the pyrex, just pour it all in.)

Bake for 15 minutes if you’re using the mini tins and 20 minutes for the 8×8 Pyrex, or until the filling is slightly golden brown.

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shuku on 6.26.2010

I converted these to gluten-free and it actually worked! I used Gluten Free Girl’s all-purpose flour mix to substitute. Mind, I do need to tweak the shortbread base a bit as it came out overly dry and crumbly (probably too much flour on my part), but the taste was really wonderful!

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BaileysMom on 5.4.2010

Very nice, with a little twist from the standard lemon bars. They had a little tang, which was nice.

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jdupree on 4.30.2010

I made a double batch of these and took some to my office and sent some w/ my husband to his office…yum! Thanks for sharing!

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sweettooth on 4.29.2010

Sorry about the confusing directions — I think it’s more obvious if you had seem by blog post and the pictures of the inside of my bars. I created a two-tone look with the lemon and lime inside each bar, which was a little more complicated than just pouring it all into a Pyrex. Glad it came out great though!

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roamingsoutherner on 4.29.2010

A.) I love the crust
B.) this was the first bar I was able to make successfully (not too dry, not gooey)

My only complaint was I didn’t understand the directions about recreating the two color look, but it didn’t matter to the taste!

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memimomerin on 7.10.2010

I made these bars for my citrus fanatic boyfriend’s birthday party and he absolutely loved them! There were 4 guys, all over 20, rushing to eat all of these bars. They had a wonderful consistency and were delicious!

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kristywigg on 5.20.2010

Made these to take on a beach vacation. I loved them! Just the right amount of lemon/lime. I mixed the two flavors separately and then swirled them on top of the crust before baking. I only sprinkled powdered sugar on them as I ate them. Delicious!

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