Reduced-Fat Lemon Squares

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2011

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

SERVES Makes 9 lemon squares

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

Reduced-Fat Lemon Squares

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A little number crunching revealed that lemon squares’ shortbread-like crust is the main fat and calorie heavyweight. We were able to scale back the butter by two-thirds yet keep the same flavorful, tender bite by employing milk for moistur...

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