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      Title: Lemon Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 12 servings
 
  2 1/2 c  All-purpose flour; divided
    1/2 c  Powdered sugar; sifted
    3/4 c  Butter or margarine
    1/2 ts Baking powder
      4    Eggs; beaten
      2 c  Sugar
    1/2 ts Grated lemon rind (optional)
    1/3 c  Lemon juice
           Powdered sugar
 
  Recipe by: Southern Living
  Preparation Time: 0:30
  Combine 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup powdered sugar.  Cut
  butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender until
  mixture resembles coarse meal. Spoon flour mixture into an
  ungreased 13- x 9- x 2-inch pan; press firmly and evenly
  into pan using fingertips.  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to
  25 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Combine
  remaining 1/2 cup flour and baking powder; set aside.
  Combine eggs, 2 cups sugar, lemon rind, if desired, and
  lemon juice; stir well.  Stir dry ingredients into egg
  mixture, and pour over baked crust. Bake at 350 degrees for
  25 minutes or until lightly browned and set.  Cool on a
  wire rack.  Dust lightly with powdered sugar, and cut into
  bars.  Yield:  about 2 dozen.
 
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