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This lovely lemon tart is light, refreshing, and the perfect addition to any meal.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This lemon tart has a delicious shortbread cookie like crust. Â The lemon filling is just the right amount of lemon, not too tart and not too sweet. Â It’s just right!
Ingredients
- butter, room temperature
- all purpose flour
- granulated sugar
- vanilla extract
- eggs
- zest of one lemon
- fresh squeezed lemon juice
- powdered sugar for garnish
How to Make A Lemon Tart
This recipe has two parts. First you will make the shortbread crust. The second step is to make the lemon filling.
- Mix together butter, 1/2 C sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat with a paddle attachment.
- Add in flour, mix until smooth dough forms.
- Press dough into the bottom and sides of a 9 inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
- Refrigerate crust for 30 minutes.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Mix together sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and 1/2 C flour in a bowl. Beat until smooth.
- Pour lemon filling into baked crust.
- Bake for an additional 20 minutes or until filling is set. If edges of tart begin to brown, cover the edges with foil.
- Dust with powdered sugar
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Lemon Tart
Pastry shell with baked lemon filling.
Prep:20 minutes
Cook:40 minutes
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Total:1 hour
Ingredients
- 3/4 C butter room temperature
- 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 C all purpose flour
Lemon Filling
- 1 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- Lemon zest zest of one lemon
- 1/2 C fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 C all purpose flour
- powdered sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Mix together butter, 1/2 C sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat with a paddle attachment.
- Add in flour, mix until smooth dough forms.
- Press dough into the bottom and sides of a 9 inch tart pan with a removable bottom.
- Refrigerate crust for 30 minutes.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Mix together sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and 1/2 C flour in a bowl. Beat until smooth.
- Pour lemon filling into baked crust.
- Bake for an additional 20 minutes or until filling is set. If edges of tart begin to brown too much cover the edges with foil.
- Dust with powdered sugar
Nutrition Facts:
Calories: 502kcal (25%) Carbohydrates: 78g (26%) Protein: 6g (12%) Fat: 19g (29%) Saturated Fat: 12g (75%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 5g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 107mg (36%) Sodium: 177mg (8%) Potassium: 83mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 51g (57%) Vitamin A: 622IU (12%) Vitamin C: 6mg (7%) Calcium: 21mg (2%) Iron: 2mg (11%)
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Lisa Hemstreet says
“they are no longer living at home so we don’t have to worry about them!” LOL!!!
Jan says
I can’t find the recipe for the lemon tart.
Leigh Anne says
Jan, the recipe is at the bottom of the page, just scroll down.