These are the best lemon bars. I won't be using any other recipe ever again. I don't like recipes that you had to look through 200 reviews to find the changes to make the recipe work. This one works as written and is delicious.
I made these last night as a surprise for my husband. He likes sweets in moderation, but went crazy for these lemon bars and ate 3 in one sitting. He said they looked and tasted like a bakery had made them.
I have tried recipes and had the crust crumbles apart when serving, or had the curd taste like sweet goo not lemons, or worse, had the curd harden like scrambled eggs. The crust was like shortbread, firm and crunchy like a cookie (not a cracker), very tender and short. The topping was the perfect lemon curd consistency, nice and gooey, but not runny. They were nice combination of tart and sweet, just like lemonade.
I changed nothing about the recipe, except that I used butter flavored Crisco instead of butter because that is a substitution I always make and I greased the pan so they wouldn't stick.
As for lemons, I picked 3 good sized lemons from the tree, zested and juiced them. I had about 1/2 cup of fresh lemon juice. I pulled the bars out when the center no longer jiggled and that was perfect.
These are the best lemon bars I have ever made or eaten.
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