Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2011

These are so easy and delicious. Since others said they lacked lemon flavor, I increased the lemon extract to one tsp and added the zest from the entire lemon. They were perfect. Light and delicious. :)

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jdove

Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2011

If this recipe were written with more lemon flavor, it'd be 5-stars! But I LOVE the texture of these shortbread cookies! As others have done, I need to dramatically increase the lemon flavor. I have found that for my taste I need to use 3-4 tsp each of lemon extract and lemon juice (my addition), and only sometimes use lemon zest. Still very crumbly, I just dump the crumbles into the baking pan and press them down, and bake. I typically double this recipe to fill up an 11"x15" cookie sheet and slice these into bars once I pull them out of the oven. With the added lemon flavor, I find these really great lemon cookies, with a lovely shortbread texture!

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Jennifre

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2010

Where did I go wrong with these squares? The quantity of dough for the size of the baking tin didn't seem to be enough. I made a double mixture to fill up the baking tin. Also I didn't have any lemon essence so I added the juice and zest of one lemon. Would change that to two lemons for a zestier taste. Perhaps my oven wasn't hot enough and I needed to cook it hotter faster. It came out quite dry. Will try again because it is really easy to make!

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Kiwikitchen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2010

Could use some extra lemon flavor. Next time I will try adding some zest to the top.

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Lilly O.

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2009

Delicious! The dough is very crumbly, but most shortbread is. I used my hands to mix the butter in thoroughly and then pressed the dough into the pan as the recipe instructed. The bars came out flaky with a wonderful lemon zest! Very easy to make.

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Rochelle

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2007

This did not work out for me at all - there was not enough moisture or something. I beat and beat and beat, but never got a soft ball - just crumbs. I even added some more butter, but it did not help. So, sadly they turned out very dry and crumbly with the pecans not staying in...

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