The Best Lemon Tart Ever

Ingredients

• Servings: 1


• crust:


• 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature


• 1/2 cup sugar


• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract


• 1 pinch salt


• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour


• filling:


• 1 1/2 cups sugar


• 3 large eggs


• 1 tablespoon lemon zest


• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice


• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour


• 1 teaspoon confectioners' sugar, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins



• combine butter, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer; mix ingredients thoroughly with a paddle attachment. mix flour into butter mixture to make a smooth dough. press dough into a 9-inch tart pan; refrigerate crust for 30 minutes.


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).


• bake crust until light golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.


• whisk sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup flour in a bowl until smooth. pour lemon filling into crust. cover edges of crust with strips of aluminum foil to prevent burning.


• bake tart until filling is set, about 20 minutes. cool completely and dust with confectioners' sugar.