Hi all, would appreciate knowing why my lemon bars get cracks all over the surface. Here are the ingredients:
Crust:
Oven is heated to 350 degrees. Crust is baked first for 20 min. Cooled. Filling is added on top of crust. Baked again for 20 min. There are already some cracks when I take it out of the oven. Then after cooling on a rack one hour, even more cracks appear!
I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong in order to prevent these cracks from happening. Thank you.
Crust:
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp iodised salt
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 T all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp iodised salt
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 ½ pcs lemons, juiced
- 2 pcs eggs, beaten gently
- Confectioner’s sugar for sprinkling
Oven is heated to 350 degrees. Crust is baked first for 20 min. Cooled. Filling is added on top of crust. Baked again for 20 min. There are already some cracks when I take it out of the oven. Then after cooling on a rack one hour, even more cracks appear!
I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong in order to prevent these cracks from happening. Thank you.