Difference between revisions of "Recipes/Lemon squares"

A fragment of the Garden of Remembering
Line 10: Line 10:
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 0.5 teaspoon salt
* 0.5 teaspoon salt
* 5 teaspoons lemon juice
* 0.25 cups teaspoons lemon juice
* 1 teaspoon lemon zest
* 1 teaspoon lemon zest


Line 23: Line 23:
== NOTES ==
== NOTES ==


May need considerably more lemon juice. Keeps coming out insufficiently lemony, so always err on the side of too much, not too little. Maybe go with a quarter cup? Taste before adding eggs, should be properly zesty, literal zest aside...
# Original amount of 5 tsp lemon juice is not enough; may have been a transcription error. 1 cup lemon juice is too much. Still not tested, but a quarter to a half cup for a full batch is probably about right.
 
# Make sure lemon juice hasn't gone bad, and/or lemons used have any flavour to begin with. Maybe make some test lemonade?
Lemon juice may also have gone bad. Check ahead of time for weird/insufficient. Maybe make some test lemonade?!
# More than 2 tbsp lemon zest may be a bit much, but generally the more the better.
# When using fresh lemons, seems to take about two for a full batch.


[[category:Recipes]]
[[category:Recipes]]

Revision as of 16:03, 28 June 2023

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup butter
  • 0.5 cups powdered sugar


  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt
  • 0.25 cups teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest

Directions

Heat oven to 350F. Mix thoroughly flour, butter, and powdered sugar. Press into ungreased baking pan, 9x13x2 inches, building up a 0.5 inch edge.

Bake 20 minutes.

Beat remaining ingredients about 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Pour over hot crust. Bake about 35 minutes longer (25 for half batch), or just until no imprint remains when touched lightly in centre. Cool and cut into squares.

NOTES

  1. Original amount of 5 tsp lemon juice is not enough; may have been a transcription error. 1 cup lemon juice is too much. Still not tested, but a quarter to a half cup for a full batch is probably about right.
  2. Make sure lemon juice hasn't gone bad, and/or lemons used have any flavour to begin with. Maybe make some test lemonade?
  3. More than 2 tbsp lemon zest may be a bit much, but generally the more the better.
  4. When using fresh lemons, seems to take about two for a full batch.