{"id":29902,"date":"2022-02-23T16:40:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T23:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=29902"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:41:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T23:41:15","slug":"lemon-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=29902","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-29903\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lemon-Squares.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lemon-Squares.jpg 645w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lemon-Squares-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lemon-Squares-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Lemon-Squares-361x270.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Lemon Squares<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2 cups flour, plus 1\/4 cup<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00bd cup confectioners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sugar, plus 2 tsp.<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp. kosher salt<\/p>\n<p>1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted<\/p>\n<p>4 eggs<\/p>\n<p>2 cups granulated sugar<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u2026\u201c cup lemon juice (from about 1 to 2 lemons)<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00bd tsp. baking powder<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together two cups of flour, 1\/2 cup of confectioners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sugar and the salt. Add the melted butter and stir the ingredients to thoroughly combine them. Spread the crust with clean hands in an even layer into a 9-by-13-inch pan and bake the crust for 25 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, lemon juice, baking powder and the remaining flour. Pour the lemon mixture onto the hot baked shell and bake it for an additional 20 to 25 minutes, or until it is just set. Using a small, fine-meshed sieve, sift the remaining confectioners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sugar on top of the lemon squares once they have cooled. Cut the dessert into equal-sized bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lemon Squares &nbsp; 2 cups flour, plus 1\/4 cup \u00c2\u00bd cup confectioners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sugar, plus 2 tsp. 1 tsp. kosher salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted 4 eggs 2 cups granulated sugar \u00e2\u2026\u201c cup lemon juice (from about 1 to 2 lemons) \u00c2\u00bd tsp. baking powder &nbsp; Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, whisk together two cups of flour, 1\/2 cup of confectioners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sugar and the salt. Add the melted butter and stir the ingredients to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=29902\"> 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":[81,80],"class_list":["post-29902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts-fruit","tag-baking","tag-sweet-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29902","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=29902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29904,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29902\/revisions\/29904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}