Recipe 157

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Recipe name and category: Lemon Love-Notes (bars), Dessert

No. of servings: 9 bars (8” x 8” or 9” x 9”)

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

Bottom Layer

1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar

1 cup flour

½ cup butter

Filling

2 tbs lemon juice

Rind of 1 lemon, grated or zested

1 cup sugar

2 tbs flour

½ tsp baking powder

2 eggs

Frosting

3/4 cup confectioner’s sugar

½ tsp vanilla

1 tbs butter

1-½ tsp milk

Mix together confectioner’s sugar, flour and butter for the bottom layer.

Pat into an 8 or 9 inch square pan. Bake 15 minutes at 350˚ F; cool.

Mix together lemon juice, lemon rind, sugar, flour, baking powder, and eggs, for the filling.

Place on baked crust, return to 350˚ oven; bake 25 minutes; cool.

Mix confectioner’s sugar, vanilla, butter and milk well for the frosting. Frost and cut into bars.

Recipe source: My grandmother, via my mom; old family recipe.

Recipe anecdote: Included in a collection of recipes called “Notably Nelson” “published” by the family in 1985 on the occasion of my grandma’s sister’s 80thbirthday.