{"id":14459,"date":"2014-12-28T17:44:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T00:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=14459"},"modified":"2015-04-08T19:10:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T02:10:42","slug":"easy-lemon-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=14459","title":{"rendered":"Easy Lemon Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lemon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14460 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lemon.jpg\" alt=\"lemon\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lemon.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lemon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/lemon-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Crust:<br \/>\n1\/4 cup granulated sugar<br \/>\n3 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened<br \/>\n1 cup all-purpose flour<br \/>\nTopping:<br \/>\n3 large eggs<br \/>\n3\/4 cup granulated sugar<br \/>\n2 teaspoons grated lemon rind<br \/>\n1\/3 cup fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n3 tablespoons all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<br \/>\n1\/8 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n2 teaspoons powdered sugar<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00c2\u00b0. To prepare the crust, beat 1\/4 cup granulated sugar and the butter at medium speed of a mixer until creamy. Lightly spoon 1 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Gradually add 1 cup flour to sugar mixture, beating at low speed until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Gently press mixture into bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan. Bake at 350\u00c2\u00b0 for 15 minutes; cool on a wire rack. To prepare topping, beat eggs at medium speed until foamy. Add 3\/4 cup granulated sugar and next 5 ingredients (3\/4 cup granulated sugar through salt), and beat until well-blended. Pour mixture over partially baked crust. Bake at 350\u00c2\u00b0 for 20 to 25 minutes or until set. Cool on wire rack. Sift powdered sugar evenly over top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crust: 1\/4 cup granulated sugar 3 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened 1 cup all-purpose flour Topping: 3 large eggs 3\/4 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind 1\/3 cup fresh lemon juice 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1\/2 teaspoon baking powder 1\/8 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons powdered sugar Preheat oven to 350\u00c2\u00b0. To prepare the crust, beat 1\/4 cup granulated sugar and the butter at medium speed of a mixer until creamy. Lightly spoon 1 cup flour into a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=14459\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-14459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts-fruit","tag-sweet-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14461,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459\/revisions\/14461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}