Lovely Lemon Bar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 cup butter, cold
1/2 cup powdered sugar
4 eggs, beaten (just whip them with a fork)
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons flour

Preparation

Preheat over to 350 degrees, rack in middle position.
Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
Cut each stick of butter into eight pieces.
Zoop it up with the flour and powdered sugar in a food processor until it looks like coarse cornmeal (just like the first step in making a piecrust).
Spread it out in a greased 9 x 13 pan and pat it down with your hands.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden around the edges.
Remove from oven - but don't turn the oven off!
Mix eggs with white sugar.
Add lemon juice & zest if you want to use it.
Add salt and baking powder and mix.
Add flour and mix thoroughly. (This will be runny - it's supposed to be.).
Pour this mixture on top of the pan you just baked.
Stick it back into the oven.
Bake at 350 degrees for another 30-35 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle on additional powdered sugar.
Let cool thoroughly and cut into brownie-sized bars.