{"id":4200,"date":"2025-10-24T23:31:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2025-10-24T23:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:31:22","slug":"creamy-lemon-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/creamy-lemon-squares\/","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Lemon Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Creamy Lemon Squares Recipe \u2013 A buttery shortbread crust topped with a creamy lemon filling. The perfect balance of sweet and tart in each bite!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOR THE CRUST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled, plus more for pan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1-1\/2 cup graham cracker crumbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1\/4 cup sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOR THE FILLING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 large egg yolks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1\/2 cup fresh lemon juice (3 lemons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How To Make Creamy Lemon Squares<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Brush an 8-inch square baking dish with melted butter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Line the bottom with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a food processor, finely grind the graham crackers. Add in the sugar and butter and blend to mix.Best restaurants near me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish and 1 inch up the sides of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bake until lightly browned, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool crust for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, make the filling. In a large bowl, whisk together egg yolks and condensed milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add lemon juice; whisk until smooth. Pour filling into cooled crust; carefully spread out to the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bake until set, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack then chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the parchment paper overhang, gently lift the lemon square out of the pan and transfer to a cutting board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a serrated knife, cut into 16 squares, wiping the knife with a damp kitchen towel between each cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creamy Lemon Squares Recipe \u2013 A buttery shortbread crust topped with a creamy lemon filling. The perfect balance of sweet and tart in each bite! Ingredients FOR THE CRUST 4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled, plus more for pan 1-1\/2 cup graham cracker crumbs 1\/4 cup sugar FOR THE FILLING 2 large egg yolks 1 &#8230; <a title=\"Creamy Lemon Squares\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/creamy-lemon-squares\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Creamy Lemon Squares\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4202,"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200\/revisions\/4202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}