Just the Right Weekendfor Lemon Bars
It was a busy weekend. My husband went out of town for business, my son had an out of town marching band competition followed by the Homecoming Dance, and I, I had midterms . . . studying for HTML and trying to do an impossible Photoshop project. If I don't have a lot of time to bake, and I don't want to buy something sub par, my fallback is some sort of bar cookie or bar dessert.
My original plan was Raspberry Streusel Bars. When I opened up my trusty Joy of Cooking I found Lemon Bars on the same page - yum! I thought maybe I'd make some of each, but then I took off my crazy hat and realized that 2 desserts does not mesh with Midterm Weekend.
Which to choose? Well, I did have some home grown lemons (not grown at my home), and my husband is not fond of citrus. So since the rest of my friends LOVE lemon bars, and Morris was out of town, Lemon Bars it was.
Well, normally I would make 2 trays for the normal 20 people (minus those who don't DO lemon). But this Sunday we were only slated to have 12-13 people. One tray and have just barely enough, or 2 trays to allow for seconds and doggie bags? I decided on 1, since none of us really need extra dessert. Well good thing I did - even though I was pretty sure I had enough lemons to probably make 2 batches (with a back up of REALemon for those last couple teaspoons of juice if necessary), turns out I had just barely enough for one batch. And then, the next day, I get a call to let me know that it will be a particularly small week, only 6 of us . . .
So, guess who has some spare lemon bars?
My original plan was Raspberry Streusel Bars. When I opened up my trusty Joy of Cooking I found Lemon Bars on the same page - yum! I thought maybe I'd make some of each, but then I took off my crazy hat and realized that 2 desserts does not mesh with Midterm Weekend.
Which to choose? Well, I did have some home grown lemons (not grown at my home), and my husband is not fond of citrus. So since the rest of my friends LOVE lemon bars, and Morris was out of town, Lemon Bars it was.
Well, normally I would make 2 trays for the normal 20 people (minus those who don't DO lemon). But this Sunday we were only slated to have 12-13 people. One tray and have just barely enough, or 2 trays to allow for seconds and doggie bags? I decided on 1, since none of us really need extra dessert. Well good thing I did - even though I was pretty sure I had enough lemons to probably make 2 batches (with a back up of REALemon for those last couple teaspoons of juice if necessary), turns out I had just barely enough for one batch. And then, the next day, I get a call to let me know that it will be a particularly small week, only 6 of us . . .
So, guess who has some spare lemon bars?
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