{"id":261,"date":"2009-01-15T21:47:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T21:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2009-01-15T21:47:30","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T21:47:30","slug":"creamy-lemon-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Lemon Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/2 cup flour<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 cup (1\/2 stick) cold margarine<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 cup granulated sugar<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 eggs<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 Tbsp. flour<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 Tbsp. grated lemon peel, divided<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 cup fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 tsp. Baking Powder<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 tsp. powdered sugar<br \/>\nPREHEAT oven to 350\u00ba\u00baF. Line 8-inch square baking pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan; set aside. Combine wafer crumbs, 1\/2 cup flour and the brown sugar in medium bowl. Cut in margarine with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; press firmly onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 15 min.<br \/>\nMEANWHILE, beat Neufchatel cheese and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs and 2 Tbsp. flour; mix well. Blend in 1 Tbsp. lemon peel, lemon juice and baking powder; pour over crust.<br \/>\nBAKE 25 to 28 min. or until center is set. Cool completely. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and remaining 2 Tbsp. grated lemon peel just before cutting into squares to serve. Store leftover squares in refrigerator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20 Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers, finely crushed \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/2 cup flour \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 cup (1\/2 stick) cold margarine \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 cup granulated sugar \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 eggs \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 Tbsp. flour \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 Tbsp. grated lemon peel, divided \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.morgeneggweb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}