Lemon Streusel Squares

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Title: LEMON STREUSEL SQUARES
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 30 Servings

-TMPJ72B DOROTHY CROSS

------------------------------LEMON-NUT PASTRY------------------------------
2 md Lemons
1/3 c Sugar
1 c Hazelnuts; shelled
-(filberts) - 4 ounces
1/4 lb Unsalted butter; or
-margarine,
-cold and cut into 8 pieces
3/4 c All-purpose flour

-------------------------------LEMON FILLING-------------------------------
2 lg Eggs
2 Egg whites
3/4 c Sugar
2 tb Unsalted butter; or
-margarine, melted
1/3 c Fresh lemon juice
2 ts All-purpose flour
1/4 c Light sour cream; OR
Regular sour cream

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8- or 9-inch square baking pan with
heavy-duty foil, letting it extend an inch over the sides. To Make Pastry:
Using a sharp vegetable peeler, peel lemons, taking care to remove as
little of the bitter white pith as possible. Place the peel in a food
processor with the metal blade and process until finely chopped. Add sugar
and process until peel is minced, about 1 minute. Add nuts and pulse to a
medium chop. Remove 1/2 cup for the topping and set aside. Add butter and
flour to processor and pulse until the mixture begins to hold together.
Turn pastry into the prepared pan and press evenly into the bottom. Bake
for 20 to 24 minutes, or until edges are golden and the top is set and very
lightly colored. To Make Filling: In same food processor bowl (no need to
wash it), process eggs, egg whites, sugar, butter, lemon juice, and flour
until blended. Pour filling over baked crust. Return to oven and bake 10 to
12 minutes, or until filling is barely set. Crumble reserved lemon-nut
mixture evenly over the filling. Return to oven and bake for 8 to 10
minutes more, or until filling is set. Remove from oven and cool to room
temperature. Remove from pan by lifting foil. Place on cutting board, trim
edges, and cut into 1-1/2-inch squares. (Squares may be refrigerated for
several days or frozen up to 1 month.) Serve chilled or at room
temperature. Change of Pace: Substitute walnuts, pecans, or pistachios for
the hazelnuts.

Nutritional Analysis Per Square (with light sour cream): 86 calories, 6
grams fat, 21 mg cholesterol,
34 mg sodium.

Source: Entertaining On the Run - Marlene Sorosky

Posted on PRODIGY, October 1994; formatted by Elaine Radis: PRODIGY ID,
BGMB90B; GEnie, E.RADIS

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