Aunt Gail's Lemon Bars
A few days ago, my next door neighbor sent over a plate of wiener schnitzel she'd just cooked up. They were delicious and we devoured them. My mother always told me to never return a dish empty, so this afternoon, I am making lemon bars so I give some to my sweet neighbor when I return her plate.
That reminded me of Martha Stewart vs Aunt Gail's Lemon bars. My daughter, Judy, used to have a blog (5 years ago) and her two teenage daughters loved to bake (they still do). Anyway, my granddaughter, Carol, liked Martha's recipe best, everyone else liked Aunt Gail's (my sister,) so they had a lemon bar throw down and invited about some teenagers over to give the lemon bars a taste test. Aunt Gail's won.
So this afternoon, I am baking Aunt Gail's lemon bars. I have adjusted the recipe so it makes a larger batch and I stepped up the lemon juice in it and added some flour to lemon batter to make up for the extra lemon juice. It has been a while since I baked this recipe. If it comes out okay, I will post it later on.
In the meantime, google "Aunt Gail's Lemon Bars". The recipe lives on in the internet world.
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So don't skimp or substitute.
Also, Mr. Dixie loves oranges.
He makes an orange meringue pie instead of lemon.
I am thinking of trying this substitution in lemon bars...using orange zest, of course.
