When Life Gives You Lemons... Make Lemon Bars

Last Sunday I made Lemon Bars by request of my brother. He now declares them his 'favorite'. He loves desserts that have a touch of fruit in them--his other favorite, so far, are my mango bars, and anything with strawberry in them.


To bake, I used a recipe from Joyofbaking.com which uses easily accessible ingredients and is very easy to make. Here is the resulting product:

Photo editing care of my brother. He loves them so much he did this for me! :3

I didn't garnish them with the powdered sugar, so they look a little different from the ones at joyofbaking.com but they taste wonderful! It's tart and tangy, and just right. The lemon flavor and smell really comes through. I can't wait to make more!

Everything you need for this recipe can be right at your own home, and for Filipinos who don't store lemons at their homes, lemons are around P50 for three pieces at Puregold. For this recipe, you'd only need 2 lemons anyway. I'll quote something from joyofbaking.com about buying lemons:

When choosing lemons look for ones that are fragrant with brightly colored oily yellow skins. The best ones are firm, plump, and heavy for their size. Don't buy lemons that have blemishes, soft spots, or are hard and wrinkled. 

Read more:http://joyofbaking.com/LemonCurd.html#ixzz1oLODBfGK

It's important to use fresh lemons instead of imitation lemon juices--fresh is best. With that being said, I can't wait to buy fresh vanilla someday.I also can't wait to make lemon ice cream. :3


xoxo
Xarin


PS: While making these, my brother helped me with squeezing the juices from the lemons. And then he asked me, "Why do fanfictions say 'lemon'? What does lemon in fanfic mean?" I told him, "Smut." And so he laughed and said, "Ooh, we're making smutty bars! Yum. They taste smutty."