Lemon Bars

Kenzie left a desperate-sounding message on our answering machine saying she NEEDED the recipe for lemon bars, so here it is for when the next craving strikes.

Lemon Bars
1 cup soft butter or margarine (butter, of course!)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups flour
Cream butter and sugar; add flour. Mixture should be pea-sized gravel looking for easiest spreading. Spread in 10x15 pan and pat down. Bake at 325 degrees for 15-20 minutes (until edges start to brown). While crust is baking, prepare next layer:
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
4 T. flour
4 T. lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon
Beat eggs til foamy, then add sugar, flour, lemonjuice and rind. Mix well and pour over hot crust after it comes from oven. Now bake for 15-20 minutes at 325 degrees. Remove from overn and sprinkle with powdered sugar (I put powdered sugar in a small strainer to sprinkle over the top). Cool slightly before cutting.
You can do half the recipe in an 8x8 pan, but it's never enough. Also, this crust works for raspberry bars, putting thinned raspberry jam over the crust and sprinkling some of the crust mixture over the jam.