lemon bars!

[glass_icarus]

To celebrate finishing my biostats final, I made lemon bars last night! I used 2/3 of this microwave lemon curd recipe* (discovered via musesfool) and my roommate and I threw together a haphazard crust using ~1.5c all purpose flour, a stick of softened butter, and some chopped nuts and dried fruit (okay, so it was really crushed/chopped trail mix *g*). This was more than sufficient crust to fill the bottoms of my 12-muffin tin; I really should've gone with the full lemon curd recipe though.

Anyway, 10 minutes of baking the crust at 350F, and then 5 minutes more after spooning the lemon curd on top, and voila:


*Prep and cooking time for the lemon curd turned out to be around 10 minutes, for real- and I spent probably half that time rummaging around for a makeshift measuring cup and failing to zest the lemons properly with our grater.

Comments

[magnetic_pole]

YUM!

Congrats, sweetie. So close to vacation! M.

[glass_icarus]

Yes! Just 2 papers and some work left now!

[whymzycal]

Ooh, those look gorgeous and delicious! And woo, congrats on finishing your finals! ♥

[glass_icarus]

Haha, well, all the hard finals stuff anyway. ;D Thanks!

[musesfool]

I'm no lemon curd expert, so the microwaveable one was sufficient for my needs (quick, and being mixed into other things), but I'd like to try a non-microwave version someday.

Anyway, those look lovely.

[glass_icarus]

I almost tried it over the stove, but then I was like... why wash more things than I have to? *g*

[vass]

Wow, that's a great idea and I want to copy it. One question: how easy was it to get them out of the muffin tins in one piece? I'm usually bad enough at that with muffins, and this seems like it'd be harder.

[glass_icarus]

Pretty easy, after they cooled - but then, I always grease the tin before I put the batter in. Works like a charm. *g*

[erika]

My recommendation to you would be cupcake liners. You could just peel them off either when you plate them or before you eat. Easy!

[vi]

YAY for finals being over! \o/ Thank you for the recipe - will try it out one day properly when I have a microwave. (I suppose I could bother to make it over a stove...) XD

[glass_icarus]

Haha, 2 more papers, but hoping I can get them done this weekend and really be done. :)

I bet you could do it over the stove pretty easily, though I'm not sure how long it would take in comparison!