Lina's Lemon Bars

Happy Saturday! I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Angelina Sims, CVT, for my next video. In the video she talks about her job as a critical care and internal medicine technician, and was nice enough to share one of her recipes with me! Stay tuned for the video in the next couple of days - if you can't wait, here's her recipe for delicious, summery sweet and tart lemon bars!

Be sure to check out her cafe and bakery at littlecupofheaven.com and look out for her other signature bakes including scones, cupcakes, cookies, and more!

Ingredients

Crust:

2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup salted butter, cut into 1/4" slices and very cold

FIlling:

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/4 cup flour

4 large eggs

zest and juice of 4 lemons

Topping:

~1/4 cup powdered sugar

Directions

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grab a 9x13 cake pan.

Crust:

- In a medium bowl; whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. Use a pastry cutter to blend butter into pea sized pieces. Press into bottom of cake pan, bake for 20 minutes.

Filling:

- In a medium bowl; whisk together sugar and flour, add eggs and mix until well blended. Stir in lemon zest and juice. Pour over the crust, bake for 20 minutes.

Topping:

Allow to cool until room temp. Chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours. When ready to serve, Use a strainer to lightly dust powdered sugar all over the top. Cut into desired size pieces.

Recipe: Angelina Sims

Little Cup of Heaven Cafe & Bakery

Jacksonville, FL