Lemonade bars

Ingredients for the base :
All purpose flour - 1 cup or 125 gms flour ( sieved ),
Frozen salted butter - 115 - cut into cubes,
Granulated sugar - 50 gms ( powdered ),
Lemon zest -  zest of 2 lemon.

Recipe requires any fruit puree  which will give colour to the top part of the bar.
I have used plum in this recipe since the colour is bright but the colour effect has not come out so 
much.You can use any fruit puree of your liking.
Ingredients for lemonade :
Plum - 4 to 5 ( deseeded , blended and sieved ) you need 5 tbsp for the recipe ,
Egg - 2 - beaten,
Granulated sugar -  3/4 cup or 150 gms - powdered ,
Lemon juice - 1/4 cup or juice of 2 lemon,
All purpose flour - 1/3 cup or 40 gms.
Icing sugar - ( optional) - to dust the bars.

Method :
Pre heat oven to 350 F or 180 C .

Take 8 x8 x2 baking pan.
Grease the sides and bottom of the non stick- pan and cover with a  extended greased paper .Grease the butter paper too.
Beat together sugar and zest until combined.

Add the butter and flour and beat until just combined and crumbly.

Remove the beater and it there are any big chunks of butter left combine it by using your fingers.

Dump out the crumbled mixture onto the baking tray.

Press the dough into the prepared pan with 1/2 inch up the sides.
Use the back of the spoon to level the dough ,since the weather is hot and humid using fingers will transfer the heat to the dough and the butter will start to melt.

Cover the dough with cling wrap and put the tray in the fridge for the bottom to set.
let it stay in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Pre heat  the oven  to 180 C.

After 15 minutes ,remove cling film and let the base bake for 15 minutes or till the edges are slightly brown.

Remove from oven and leave it for 20 minutes to cool.
As the base cools make the fruit puree.

Take a knife and make a horizontal cut  all around  the plum .Slightly twist both the sides. As we twist one side of the plum will loosen  out .

 Discard the  seed from the the other half.
Put the deseeded  plum in the blender and run the mixer for few seconds .

Sieve the contents and keep aside the plum puree in a bowl.

Pre heat oven to 180 C- again
Take a bowl and whisk the 2 eggs till light and then add the sugar.

Whisk till the sugar dissolves completely.

Add the lemon juice and whisk again.
Add 5 tbsp of plum juice and whisk again.

Remove the whisk and take a wooden spoon.
Stir in the flour and gently mix till there are no lumps and the all the flour is fully incorporated in the egg sugar mixture.

Pour the lemonade mixture into the cooled tray ( if it is still warm there is no harm ).

Remove if there are any bubbles by pricking them with a tooth pick.
Transfer the tray to bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
Bake till you see the edges are slightly brown.
Remove from oven and let it cool  completely ( 40  to 45 minutes .

After lemonade has cooled down, gently lift the butter paper and let it rest for 10 minutes on wire rack.

With a small knife gently pull apart the  greased paper which is around the lemonade.

Take a chef's knife or a sharp knife and cut the lemonade into 2x1 inch rectangle bars.

Transfer the bars to a tray or your  serving plate.
You can sprinkle icing sugar on the bars ( optional ).

I liked the sweetness of the bars so I did not use the icing sugar.
Nice lemony dessert.
Makes - 18 bars.