How to Make Peggy's Lemon Bars

Here's a quick and pleasing dessert. Does this Spark an idea?

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2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Instructions

- 1
  
  Mix 2 cups flour, butter and powdered sugar and press into a long glass dish.
- 2
  
  Bring the crust up on the sides.
- 3
  
  Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
- 4
  
  Mix eggs, sugar, lemon juice, 1/4 cup flour and baking powder.
- 5
  
  Pour into crust. Do not put the filling above the level of the crust.
- 6
  
  Bake another 25 minutes.
- 7
  
  Let cool well, then sift powdered sugar over the top.

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