Garden Club Lemon Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Crust
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sweet unsalted butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Topping
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs or 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten with a fork until foamy
3 tablespoons lemon juice (psst -I use bottled lemon juice in this most often)
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
Additional Ingredient
1/4 cup powdered sugar or 1/4 cup icing sugar, for dusting tops, approximately

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Combine crust ingredients until mixture resembles crumbs using a pastry blender or a couple of butter knives.
Press into a greased and floured 8\" square glass baking pan using your fingers- press it so that the entire bottom of the pan is covered evenly.
Bake partially for 15 minutes, then remove from the oven.
While the crust is prebaking, combine the filling ingredients and pour over the warm crust.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned- do not overbake.
Let cool completely.
Once cool, sift powdered sugar over the top- you may need more or less to taste.
I like mine to look like they've been covered with a snow.
Slice into bars and serve.