Summer Time (well, kind of), Food Time

Between my English table group's Baked Goods Friday tradition and all this nice weather, (good weather just puts me in a generally good mood,) I've found myself doing a good deal of cooking and baking. I figured I might as well share one of my favorites. So here it is, simple, easy, and delicious:

Lemon Bars

I recommend laying out all of your ingredients first. This way you can easily make sure you have enough of everything you need as well as having everything easy to get to when you need it. 
 
  Ingredients you'll need:

• 1 cup of all purpose flour (so basically just normal flour)
• 1/2 cup of butter or margarine (doesn't really matter which)
• 1/4 cup of powdered sugar 
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of granulated sugar (which is the regular stuff not, the powdered sugar)
• 1/2 teaspoon  of baking powder (not baking soda!)
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice

First off you want to start your oven pre-heating to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
You'll also need a mixing bowl (or two if you don't want to wash it out since you'll need to use it for two different things) and an ungreased  8x8 inch baking pan.

     In your bowl, mix thoroughly the flour, butter and powdered sugar. You want to mix it until it become slightly doughy but still soft and slightly (but not very sticky. This will be what you could call the crust of your lemon bars.Now take your crust and press it into the 8x8 pan so that it is spread evenly and is about a quarter to half an inch thick. 

BAKE FOR 20 MINUTES

     Once the crust is baking if you're only using one mixing bowl now would be the time to wash it out so you can make the filling. If you're using a second bowl go ahead and grab that to use. You can make the filling right away and let it sit until the crust is ready, in which case you'll have to mix it slightly again before you pour it, or you can wait until there is about 7 minutes or so left until the crust is done to make your filling. 

     Beat the remaining ingredients, (meaning the eggs, sugar, baking powder, salt and of course lemon juice) together with an electric mixer on low to medium power for about 3 minutes. Pour the filling over the hot crust and return it to the oven.

BAKE FOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES

Once your bars are done baking set them out to cool for about 15-20 minutes. Longer is always better if time allows. 

     After everything is cooled off cut into squares, serve and enjoy! 

     And there you have it, simple, easy and delicious, lemon bars.