2¼ cups all-purpose flour
⅛ teaspoon salt
¾ cup confectioners’ sugar, divided
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
4 eggs
2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon zest
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together flour, salt, an ½ cup confectioners’ sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press into greased 9-x 13-inch pan, and bake for 20 minutes. Cool. With mixer, beats eggs, sugar, zest, and lemon juice. Pour mixture over baked crust, and bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove, and cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares
Yield: 16 bars