Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2013

Used cold butter cubed and made the entire recipe in the food processor. Reduced the sugar in the crust to 3 TBS. Didn't use 1/3 cup of powdered sugar to dust with...maybe like 2-3 TBS. Other than those minor changes, made the recipe as written. Made a good lemon bar! Would make again.

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ReneePaj

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Living In: Brunswick, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 23, 2012

I think this recipe is excellent. I followed the directions but added the following: the rind and juice of two lemons. Many reviewers suggested that the bars were not too lemony. This cookie crust was very good. It was adequate for a 9"x9" square pan. Next time I make this recipe, I will double the the "cookie" part as I prefer a thicker base. Thanks for sharing a great recipe and thanks to reviewers as well for their remarks. If you love lemon bars, try this recipe. I think its very delicious and extremely easy to make. It also uses ingredients that most kitchens would be likely to have on hand.

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BonCanCook

Home Town: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2011

This little bar is delicious! My Meyer lemon tree produced its first lemon and I wanted to use it to make something special. This was delicious. It's sweet, chewy, crumbly and yummy. What a great treat after waiting so long for my lemon to ripen :)

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kwittenberg1

Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2011

This recipe does not taste like lemon at all! Simply makes a butter/sugar bar. I will not spend the time to modify because there are much better recipes out there.

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lismis

Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2010

A nice crust and good texture to the filling, but almost NO lemon flavour, and I had increased lemon juice to 3 tbsp. I like my Lemon Square to make me pucker, and this just didn't do it.

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Denise J.

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2010

These didnt turn out too well. I followed the recipe exactly and they turned out very brown on top which didnt add a good taste too it. I couldnt get them out of the supposed to be "ungreased" pan and when I did the crust crumbled. They were not lemony tasting at all even with the extra tbsp of juice I added. Will not make again.

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angeargo

Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2010

These were SOOO good. We had company over, my dad's college friend and his family with 2 little kids (3 and 6,) so i needed to do something with them to keep them occupied. They loved making this recipe and it's so easy and quick so there was stuff for them to do to. I thought this recipe wold be really bland with only 2 tbs of lemon juice but they had a lot of flavor. Defiantly making them again :)

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Maya

Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2009

This recipe was really easy... BUT it's not very lemony!

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AxMoExLoIxA

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Middlebourne, West Virginia, USA

Living In: Glasgow, Kentucky, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2009

This recipe was easy to follow and tasted pretty good when it was finished. The only problem I had was it never really cooked, it was like a liquidy gel in the middle, it never solidified and became cake like.

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