Family Recipes: Sharren’s Lemon Squares

By Ryan Klink, Arden’s Director of Marketing and PR

The running joke in my family is that we all only know how to make one thing, and that’s it. And you can rely on us each making our signature dish for every occasion: holidays, birthdays, funerals, barbecues…doesn’t matter. It’s oh, “Ryan made deviled eggs again,” or “Cynthia [my sister] is making lasagna.” For my oldest sister Sharren, it’s Lemon Squares. I chose to share this recipe because they’re well, they’re just delicious! So enjoy…

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• Dash of salt
• 5 tablespoons lemon juice
  (juice of 2 lemons)*
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Powered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

(Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.)

Combine flour, butter and ½ cup powdered sugar. Mix thoroughly and press into ungreased 13×9-inch pan. Bake 20 minutes. Meanwhile, mix egg, sugar, salt and lemon juice. For in ¼ cup flour and baking powder. Pour onto hot curst; bake 25 minutes longer. Cool; cut into squares and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

*I use bottled lemon juice.