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A tangy twist to the classic lemon bar!
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!
BaileysMom on 5.4.2010
Very nice, with a little twist from the standard lemon bars. They had a little tang, which was nice.
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!
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!
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!