Buttery Lemon Bars

Buttery Lemon Bars (Ngaire Le Clerc)

250g butter

2 cups flour

½ cup icing sugar

Cream the above, press into a deep 19x30cm pan and bake 15 mins at 180deg C. Then beat together:

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

½ tspn salt

1 tspn lemon rind

5 Tblspn lemon juice

Combine with:

5 Tblspn flour

1 tspn baking powder

Mix well. Pour on hot crust and bake at 180deg C for 15 mins until golden. Dust with icing sugar.