Ingredients

Filling:

2 eggs
5 ½ teaspoons Equal for Recipes, (or 18 pkts Equal, or 3/4 cup Equal Spoonful)
¼ cup lemon juice, PLUS 2 tablespoons
4 tablespoons margarine, melted and cooled
1 tablespoon lemon zest, grated

Rich Pastry:

¾ cup all-purpose flour
2 ½ teaspoons Equal for Recipes, (or 8 pkts. Equal, or 1/3 cup Equal Spoonful)
2 ¼ teaspoons corn starch
⅛ teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons margarine, cold, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

For the pastry, combine flour, Equal, cornstarch and salt in medium bowl; cut in margarine with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle with lemon peel and vanilla; mix with hands to form dough.

Press dough evenly on bottom and 1/4 inch up sides of 8-inch square baking pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Cool.

For the filling, beat eggs and Equal; mix in lemon juice, margarine and lemon peel. Pour mixture into baked pastry.

Bake in preheated 350 degree oven until lemon filling is set, about 15 minutes. Cool.