Weekend

This weekend I went up to GNE war and had a wonderful time. I shopped a lot saw my friends and generally relaxed. I also got my fencing authorization so that I'll be able to fight someplace besides at practice and I also started to learn archery.

Due to the miracle of having my schedule changed I had both Saturday and Sunday off this week so when I got home from the war I went with my family to see Pirates of the Caribean, again. It was more fun the first time going with a dozen friends in pirate costumes, but the movie was still excellent even with my family. I then went to see [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] due to a mix up in communication I thought we'd be having dinner together and he didn't, so he ate before I got there. I didn't ever get around to eating dinner but I did enjoy getting to have a little bit of time alone with him.

Lemon Bars

A while back I had a fit of making lemon squares, which turned out to be fairly popular. Several people asked for the recipe and I don't remember who it was besides tpau so I'm just going to post it here and hopefully everyone who wanted it will get it and maybe others will find enjoyment from them too. The source is "The Fine Arts Cookbook II" from the MFA 1981 pg. 127

Lemon Bars
crust:
1 cup flour; 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter and 1/4 cup of powdered sugar. Mix ingredients together thoroughly and press into an 8X8 glass pan.

Filling:
2 eggs, beaten slightly; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice; grated rind of 1 lemon; 1 cup of sugar; 2 tbsp flour. Combine all pour on to crust and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when cooled if desired.

I have made this recipe many times and have just noticed that I have never pre-baked the crust for 20 minutes at 350 degrees and then cooled before adding the filling and baking as the book actually says to do. I have found that my crust works well, though it does tend to be crumbly and come away from the filling easily, I don't know how pre-baking would change the crust.