Old Fashioned Lemon Walnut Bars Recipes

LEMON WALNUT BARS

Steps:

• For crust: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F.
• Mix first 4 ingredients in a bowl, add butter and walnuts and cut in using fingertips until mixture forms coarse crumbs.
• Firmly press crumbs on bottom of 9-inch square baking pan.
• Bake crust until golden-brown, about 20 minutes.
• Cool while preparing filling.
• Maintain oven temperature.
• For filling: Whisk ¾ cup sugar, eggs and peel in medium bowl until light and fluffy.
• Whisk in lemon juice, flour and soda.
• Pour over crust.
• Bake until just set and edges are lightly-browned, about 12 minutes.
• Sprinkle chopped walnuts over.
• Cut into squares, sift icing sugar over, and top each square with a walnut half.

OLD FASHIONED DATE NUT BARS

Steps:

• Combine filling ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer a few minutes till thickened. Set aside and let cool.
• For the base, sift together dry ingredients.
• Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, and dry ingredients and walnuts. Add lemon juice and zest to moisten.
• Spread on a cookie sheet and up the sides.
• Spread cooled filling over crust.
• Combine filling ingredients with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle on top and bake at 375 F for 35-40 minute.
• Original recipe calls for the bars to be baked on a cookie sheet pan. We like them thicker, so I put them in a 9 X 13 cake pan.
• Cool and cut unto bars.
• To serve sprinkle liberally with 10X sugar.