Lemon Bars

Well, after having been a member of the cOven since November, and a really crazy end of year, I have finally gotten around to some baking!!

And so I started on this month's recipe - Lemon Bars on Brown Butter Shortbread - and hope to catch up soon with the last few recipes!

So I had a ball baking the lemon bars, though a few things troubled me.......

Firstly, I am in Australia and some things have different names, so I had to ask Elisa what confectioner's sugar is - we call it icing sugar!

And then I had to check the temperature - I don't really understand Farenheit, but luckily I have a conversion chart on my fridge (actually a book mark from a favourite shop in Melbourne that I visit every time I'm there, called Books for Cooks).

So I started on the crust - and I would love to know if anyone else found that there just wasn't enough to cover a 9x 13 inch baking pan, so I had to suddenly resort to a small pan (or two - check first photo).

And then I found the pastry very sticky - probably because it was a very humid day yesterday - it is the middle of a warm wet summer in Sydney! So I added a bit more flour and a wee bit more sugar.........

Even though I have blind baked several times, I still find it a bit challenging, but I think it worked out OK.
And then I had too much filling, so I just baked some in a pyrex dish - and then ate some of it while still hot - very yummy!
Anyway, left is a photo of my version of the Lemon Bars soon after they came out of the oven. And I don't think they look too bad, even though my crust could have been a bit thinner!

So I then put them in the fridge as advised and then cut, sprinkled with icing sugar and served as dessert for our dinner last night.

And WOW! this was fantastic - so delicious that I wanted to eat two slices, but I remembered how much sugar, eggs etc that went into the dish - and my ever increasing waistline, so I only had 1.5 slices!!

And my partner loved it too - though he only had 1 piece, but took one for morning tea today!

Anyway, I look forward to the next baking adventure!!