How To Make Ina Garten Lemon Bars

Satisfy your sweet tooth craving with these Ina Garten-style lemon bars! They’re made with creamy lemon curd filling on top of a crisp shortbread crust.

Preparation: 40 minutes

Cooking: 45 minutes

Total: 1 hour 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Crust:

½lbunsalted butter,at room temperature
½cupgranulated sugar
2cupsflour
⅛tspkosher salt

For Filling:

6extra-large eggs,at room temperature
3cupsgranulated sugar
2tbsplemon zest,(4 to 6 lemons) grated
1cuplemon juice,freshly squeezed
1cupflour
confectioners sugar,for dusting

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Crust:

Cream the butter and sugar until light in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Combine the flour and salt and, with the mixer on low, add to the butter until just mixed.
Dump the dough onto a well-floured board and gather it into a ball. Flatten the dough with floured hands and press it into a 9x13x2-inch baking sheet, building up a ½-inch edge on all sides. Chill.
Bake the crust for 15 to 20 minutes, until very lightly browned. Let cool on a wire rack. Leave the oven on.

Filling:

Whisk together the eggs, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and flour. Pour over the crust and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the filling is set. Let cool to room temperature for 30 minutes.
Cut into squares and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
Serve and enjoy.