If you love lemon desserts, then this recipe is for you. You definitely can’t miss this pastry that combines the tangy taste of lemon with the sweetness of shortbread!
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The delicious lemon shortbread squares
Ingredients
- 150 g. of flour
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 60 g. powdered sugar
- 100 g. of butter
- 3 eggs
- 150 to 200 g. of sugar
- 3 lemons
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Place the flour, powdered sugar, butter and a little salt in a salad bowl. Then mix it all with your hands.
- Spread the mixture in a square pan previously covered with a sheet of baking paper and flatten. Bake for 20 minutes at 180°C.
- Take the juice of up to 3 lemons. Pour it into a saucepan, add the zest of one lemon and heat over low heat.
- In a salad bowl, mix the sugar, the 3 eggs and the cornstarch.
- Pour the hot lemon juice over this mixture. Pour this mixture back into the pan and thicken over medium heat.
- Pour the lemon cream thus obtained on the square taken out of the oven. Spread and bake for 10-12 minutes at 180°C.
- Sprinkle the powdered sugar on top of the cake.
- First cut the shortbread in half, then cut into small squares.
- It’s ready! You will love it!