Calamansi Bars (Lemon Bars)
I adapted the recipe from Martha Stewart’s Lemon Squares recipe. The recipe for the filling, from JoytheBaker
Equipment
Ingredients
FOR THE CRUST:
- Cooking Spray
- ¾ cup All Purpose Flour spooned / leveled
- ⅓ cup Confectioners Sugar plus 1 tablespoon for sifting
- ¼ cup Cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 stick Unsalted Butter cold / cut into small pieces
FOR THE FILLING:
- 2 pcs Eggs
- ¾ cup Granulated Sugar
- ⅓ cup Lemon Juice fresh
- 3 tablespoons All Purpose Flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with rack in center.
- Coat a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
- Line pan with two crisscrossed rectangles of parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides.
MAKE THE CRUST:
- In a food processor, pulse flour with confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, and salt.
- Add butter, pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Press into bottom and ¾ inch up sides of prepared pan.
- Refrigerate 15 minutes.
- Bake until crust is lightly browned 20 minutes.
- Let cool slightly in pan.
- Reduce oven heat to 325 degrees.
MAKE THE FILLING:
- In a bowl, beat eggs with a whisk or with an electric mixer until thick.
- Beat in granulated sugar, lemon juice, flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Pour over warm crust.
- Bake until set, about 20 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature, refrigerate about 1 hour.
- Using the paper overhang as an aid, lift square from pan.
- Sift remaining tablespoon confectioners' sugar over the top.
- Cut into 16 squares.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Do not dust with powdered sugar until it has completely cooled. And don’t forget to refrigerate first, I tried once without chilling it first, it just absorbed the powdered sugar and it sort of melted. Well, just wait a little while and chill it first. It’ll be worth it 
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