Dainty Lemon Bars come from the Houston Junior League Cookbook, which former League president Anne Tucker calls “the bible of how we learned to cook.” (Photo: lawellphoto.com)
from Houston Junior League Cookbook
submitted by Mrs. James Howard Park, III (Bette Naylor)
Ingredients
1 cup flour
½ cup butter, softened
¼ cup powdered sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon rind
Lemon Glaze:
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon water
Directions
Combine flour, butter and powdered sugar; mix thoroughly. Spread in a 9-inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together eggs, sugar, lemon juice and lemon rind; spread over first layer in pan. Return to oven for 25 minutes. When cool, frost with Lemon Glaze. Cut into 1-inch x 1½-inch bars. Makes 3 dozen bars.
Lemon Glaze:
Mix powdered sugar, lemon juice and water together and spread thinly over Dainty Lemon Bars.