Tangy Lemon Squares Recipe

Tangy Lemon Squares Recipe

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup Equal® Spoonful
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons cold stick butter or margarine, cut into pieces
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup Equal® Spoonful
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 4 tablespoons stick butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
  1. Combine flour, 1/3 cup Equal(r) Spoonful and salt in medium bowl. Cut in 6 tablespoons butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon lemon peel and vanilla; mix with hands to form dough. Press dough evenly on bottom and 1/4-inch up sides of 8-inch square baking pan. Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
  2. Beat eggs and 3/4 cup Equal(r) Spoonful; mix in lemon juice, 4 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon lemon peel. Pour mixture into baked pastry.
  3. Bake until lemon filling is set, about 15 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.