EQUAL SWEETENER LEMON SQUARES RECIPE
This recipe is from the cookbook Favorite All Time
Recipes - Equal Sweetener - Diabetic Cooking,
Publications International, 2000.
LEMON SQUARES (Diabetic)
2 eggs
5-1/2 teaspoons Equal for Recipes or 18 packets Equal
sweetener or 3/4 cup Equal Spoonful
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons margarine, melted and cooled
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
Rich Pastry (recipe follows)
Beat eggs and Equal; mix in lemon juice, margarine and
lemon peel. Pour mixture into baked pastry.
Bake in preheated 350°F oven
until lemon filling is set, about 15 minutes. Cool on
wire rack.
Makes 16 servings
Rich Pastry
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2-1/2 teaspoons Equal for Recipes or 8 packets Equal
sweetener or 1/3 cup Equal Spoonful
2-1/4 teaspoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold margarine, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
Combine flour, Equal, cornstarch and salt in medium bowl;
cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture resembles
coarse crumbs. Sprinkle with lemon peel and vanilla;
mix with hands to form dough.
Press dough evenly on bottom and 1/4 inch up sides of
8-inch square baking pan. Bake in preheated 350°F
oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool on
wire rack.
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