i have a serious problem with lemon bars. i make them, like, never, because of it. but little sis called for mom's recipe yesterday and just reading it to her made me have to have them. and so, less than 24 hours later...this is all that remains. i had help, but still... just despicable. i would like you all to get fat, too. and so i am sharing the recipe for my mom's perfect lemon bars:
crust: cream together 1 cup butter or marg and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. add and mix well 1/2 tsp. salt and 2 cups flour. pat into a greased 9 x 13. bake at 350 for about 18 minutes. meanwhile make filling.
mix together and then pour over hot crust: 4 slightly beaten eggs, 2 cups sugar, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup lemon juice, and grated rind of one lemon. bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. when done, sprinkle with powdered sugar. cut when cool. eat the whole pan while watching 30 rock.
Yum! I'm going to try that recipe!
Posted by: Rynell | December 12, 2008 at 11:20 AM
mmm lemon bars. i have the same problem with brownies that you have with lemon bars. zero resistance. you'd think it was cookies with how few are left after the cookie exchange yesterday, but no, brownies are my downfall.
Posted by: chelsea | December 12, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Ya know I don't make them for the same reason but I printed off one from Amy's Sweets that was on Martha Stewart. Now I will make both recipes. Compare and contrast and expand. Aghhh!
Posted by: Mary Elizabeth | December 12, 2008 at 11:46 AM
those sound so good. all pans are emptied within 24 hours around here too.
Posted by: jill | December 12, 2008 at 12:35 PM
and i just happen to have fresh lemon juice in my fridge. perfect!
Posted by: leslie | December 12, 2008 at 12:47 PM
I had that same coversation with my self this week when I polished off almost an entire Choc cake I ate. Intended for others.....it ended up in my belly. So sad....
Posted by: Cherry Tree Lane | December 12, 2008 at 02:03 PM
I had that same coversation with my self this week when I polished off almost an entire Choc cake I ate. Intended for others.....it ended up in my belly. So sad....
Posted by: Cherry Tree Lane | December 12, 2008 at 02:08 PM
Well of course you eat the whole pan ; ) Those are just really, really good. I am afraid when my mom makes those, because I never know if I'll get more than one square, unless I'm a pig and hoard some : )
Posted by: creole wisdom | December 12, 2008 at 02:09 PM
those look fantabulous! and how funny was 30 rock?! loved the scene of jack pulling the blanket off his mom on the couch!
Posted by: lynne | December 12, 2008 at 03:11 PM
I don't know why, but I distinctly remember your mom's lemon bars. Maybe it was the first place I ever tried them. I'll have to give the recipe a go!
Posted by: Rachel | December 12, 2008 at 05:40 PM
"...a whole suitcase...full of WIGS!"
I love lemon... am totally going to have to try these
AND....
So sad I missed the earrings!! Boo.
xox
Posted by: Morgan | December 12, 2008 at 06:12 PM
Darling...
Hope you are well...just checking in on a few of my favorite people!
We need to get a Utah group of girls together to hang and play!
January!
kiss kiss
m
Posted by: margie | December 12, 2008 at 09:07 PM
Lemon Bars really are Manna from the Gods. Thanks for the great recipe!
Posted by: Wendy | December 13, 2008 at 01:09 AM
Lemon Bars really are Manna from the Gods. Thanks for the great recipe! Wendy
Posted by: www.my3daws.blogspot.com | December 13, 2008 at 01:10 AM
I haven't visited your blog in a while now and have surely missed it.
Glad you are on the mend (hoping) and enjoying your day. At least your lemon bars and 30 Rock.
take care :)
Posted by: Suzie | December 13, 2008 at 09:39 PM
My first week in Paraguay, that's all I had to eat. So I do NOT like them anymore! that's one way to cure an addiction I guess. Overload on it.
Posted by: glor | December 14, 2008 at 12:52 AM
My first week in Paraguay, that's all I had to eat. So I do NOT like them anymore! that's one way to cure an addiction I guess. Overload on it.
Posted by: glor | December 14, 2008 at 12:52 AM
I can't make them either, because the pan is gone within 24 hours. They are so addicting. And with a diet coke on the side...yum.
Posted by: Marie | December 14, 2008 at 09:12 AM
i've eaten an entire cheesecake by myself between thursday and today. you can keep your lemon bars.
ugh.
Posted by: kristen Van Dyke | December 14, 2008 at 04:15 PM
I've never made Lemon bars, or even tried any before, but your post really made me want to make it...and they were super DEE-Licous!!!! Just like you said. My family was VERY impressed.. thanks for earning me a thumbs up!
Posted by: Alex | December 14, 2008 at 06:10 PM
I've never made Lemon bars, or even tried any before, but your post really made me want to make it...and they were super DEE-Licous!!!! Just like you said. My family was VERY impressed.. thanks for earning me a thumbs up!
Posted by: Alex | December 14, 2008 at 06:11 PM
I am always a fan of lemon bars (they so remind me of my mom and being a little kid in the NH summers). But, what I liked most about your post was the title. I love that song and even found myself singing "La la la la Lemon..." as I read! There's a compilation album called "For the KidS" with a version of that song sung by Barenaked Ladies (along with Mahna Mahna by Cake, Rainbow Connection by Sarah McLachlan, and I've Got to Be Clean (a song I don't know) performed by one of my all-time favorite bands, Guster, and many more). It's such a fun cd. I bet you and your little Cate would have fun listening to it while doing crafts!
Posted by: E | December 15, 2008 at 04:50 PM
made them this weekend. dude, seriously dangerous.
http://jchandmade.typepad.com/jc_handmade/2009/01/kneejerk.html
Posted by: jennifer | January 19, 2009 at 08:19 AM
I followed JC the enabler over here.
Those sound so good!
Posted by: Oh2122 | January 19, 2009 at 08:54 AM
You are evil....LOL!
Why?? Why would you do this to me?
*sigh* (mumbles*no self control...*)
~reaches in to fridge for butter....~
I hate you....hehehe!
Posted by: Rane | January 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM
i read it the first time and thought--be strong. now i'll have to make them because i read it again!!
Posted by: suesue | January 19, 2009 at 04:55 PM
JC Handmade sent me here this afternoon and I couldn't resist. My lemon bars just came out of the oven. Amazing! We are eating them, not quite as per your instructions, while drinking wine and watching old Sledge Hammer! episodes.
Posted by: Jobonga | January 19, 2009 at 09:37 PM
I stumbled across your blog last week - it was a link for this recipe from another site. I made them a few days ago and they were yummy! Think I baked them a tad too long as the edges were on the hard side, but they were perfectly timed as I had unexpected company two days in a row! Thanks
Posted by: Shelley C | February 07, 2009 at 04:20 PM