Reduced-Fat Lemon Squares | America's Test Kitchen

Reduced-Fat Lemon Squares | America's Test Kitchen

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Our challenge? Reducing the fat in the ultra-buttery crust yet making a bar cookie we'd still want to eat.

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Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces/106 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup (1 1/3 ounces/38 grams) confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter , cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
  • 1 tablespoon whole milk
  • 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces/149 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg plus 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest plus 6 tablespoons juice (2 lemons)
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar

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