Whole Lemon Bars

Excellent lemon flavor in an incredibly rich cookie.

I prepared these because I brought a bag of lemons home with me from a recent trip to california. I appreciate that there are special instructions for using meyer lemons (less sugar required).

The bad: clearly this is a case of gratuitous use of butter. Seriously, in an 8X8 pan, 1 stick (1/2 C) for the crust and another 1/2 C (stick) for the filling - yowza! Traditional lemon square do not have butter in the filling.

These cookies are rapidly disappearing at the hands of the teenagers, and I'm doing all I can to resist. Next time I'll go back to the traditional recipe (less butter), but if you want a truly decadent lemon square, this is the recipe for you.