For my bridesmaid luncheon, my mom put together a recipe book for me. It meant a lot because cooking has always been something that we had in common. It was filled with time honored recipes that have been done so many times that you just can't go wrong. Over the years I've written about a lot of them but undoubtedly one of my favorites is this recipe for lemon chess squares. I'm a fan of it partly because lemon is one of my favorite flavors dating back to when I was a child. I remember that my favorite candy was lemon heads and I would eat them until I was sick to my stomach. This is a low consumption recipe; you'll likely have everything that you need to make them in your pantry already.

These are a great treat if you need to make a dessert for any spring occasion like Easter brunch, a baby shower, or a bridesmaid luncheon because they're extremely flavorful but not too heavy. When you're making the crust for this, make sure that you don't let these get brown in the oven and the same goes for when you add the lemon filling. You have to watch them the whole time to make sure that they're not overcooking. Just like when you make a pie crust, you'll need to make sure that the butter is pretty cold so that it holds together.

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