LEMON BARS - From Cook's Illustrated Recipe - (3.8/5)

Ingredients

• Crust:
• Non-stick cooking spray
• 1 1/4 C unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 C powdered sugar (plus more to decorate the finished bars, if desired)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 8 Tb (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened but still cool, cut into 1-in pieces
• Filling:
• 7 large egg yolks, plus 2 large eggs
• 1 C plus 2 Tb granulated sugar
• 1/4 C finely grated lemon zest (the zest of two lemons) **zest the lemons before squeezing for
• juice
• 2/3 C lemon juice (the juice of 2 lemons)
• Pinch of salt
• 4 Tb (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
• 3 Tb heavy cream