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Easy-to-make Lemon Bars make a great portable dessert for a picnic.

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Lemon Bars Recipe My picnic by the pond, I'm making all kinds of portable food including lemon bars for dessert. So, I'm going to start with two sticks of butter, half a cup of sugar. Why do all my recipes start with two sticks of butter? It’s for a party though. I'm just going to cream those together and then with a mixer on low, add two cups of flour and add a teaspoon of salt. Great! This is really shortbread dough. It’s so much easier to make. It doesn’t require a rolling pin. I'm just going to pat it right into the pan. Put it right into a nine by twelve pan. We don’t even have to grease the pan because there’s butter on the dough. I'm just going to flour my hands and press this out. I'm going to chill it for about 15 minutes and then later on, we’re going to make a wonderful lemon curd filling and pour it on top of the baked dough. And then cut them out in squares for my party. Okay, just chill for 15 minutes. My picnic by the pond, I'm making lots of portable food including lemon bars for dessert. I’ve got the crust all baked and cooled and now, I'm making the filling. So, I’ve got six eggs, three cups of sugar. I'm just going to whisk it all together. These are really lemony lemon bars. I’ve got lots of lemon juice and lots of zest in them and great flavor. The next thing is two tablespoons of grated lemon zest, which I’ve already got right there, a cup of fresh lemon juice. I can already smell the sharpness of the citrus and the last thing is one cup of flour. Just put the flour in slowly, so it doesn’t get lumpy. When this is done, I'm going to pour it onto the crust, put them in the oven, 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until it sets. When they’re cool, I'm going to cut them in big squares and dust them with confectioner sugar. So, just pour it right in. Place it in the oven. The last thing is to serve the lemon bars. I'm just going to dust them with a little bit of powdered sugar. This is so lemony. I can't wait for dessert. I'm just going to pull under them in this pan. It’s always the first one that’s hard to get out. Got it! Okay, we’ll wrap it in parchment paper. Off to the pond to meet my friends!