>>HILAH: Hey dudes!
I'm Hilah and today on Hilah Cooking I'm gonna show y'all how to make Lemon Bars, which are
a two layer bar cookie with a shortbread bottom and a lemon curd top, and I'm actually going
to use a family recipe- this is the original, handwritten recipe from my grandmother's cousin,
Patty.
I remember eating these all the time when I was a kid, and that Patty was quite a character.
She was a character and a half you guys, and this is the best lemon bar recipe I have ever
seen, so I'm really happy to share it with y'all today!
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>>HILAH: The first step is making the crust.
I've got a half a pound of butter here that I have let get soft.
I actually kind of quick-softened it by putting it in the oven for a little while, and flour
and powdered sugar.
Just use your wooden spoon to get this kind of all combined.
It might take a little while and it might make a little bit of a mess.
Alright, when it's coming together like this, kind of like a grainy play dough, go ahead
and put it in a 9x13 pan, and now's when you should just go ahead and get your hands in
there and we're just gonna mash it out.
Okay, got that evenly patted out and I'm going to put it in a 350 degree oven now, for 20
minutes.
While that's baking we can make our filling.
I've just got four eggs here.
And I've got a couple of lemons here that I'm going to zest , and always remember if
a recipe calls for the zest and the juice of a citrus fruit, it is infinitely easier
if you can zest it first.
And if you don't have one of these microplane dealies to zest with, you can use a vegetable
peeler and peel of strips of the lemon rind- just the yellow part, you don't want to get
any of the white, that's bitter, and then just mince that up with a knife, or you can
use the tiny holes on your cheese grater.
Alright we've got all the zest off, so now it's time to juice.
You could also do this with lime if you want and make lime bars or even lemon-lime bars,
or orange bar, would all be good.
Just whisk this together.
I'm going to add the dry ingredients with is just sugar and flour and baking powder.
just mix it up so you can get all the lumps out.
Of course, you can use an electric mixer, probably even do this in the blender.
Okay, that looks great, so I'm just going to set this aside while our crust finishes
baking and then we'll come back.
Alright, twenty minutes later, our crust is just starting to get brown around the edges.
The inside is still pretty pale but that's fine because we're going to put it back in
the oven.
And just give your filling mixture another little stir to get it all re-incorporated.
Make sure all the sugar is off the bottom and then just carefully pour it over.
Duuuudes, omigod, you know what would be so awesome too is if you had some crystalized
ginger?
Chopped up?
Mixed in here?
Dang.
Daisy's not interested.
Okay, so, I'm going to put this back in the oven, same temperature, another twenty minutes
or so.
Oh God, careful!
So, here we go.
Uhm, these have baked and then I put them in the fridge for about an hour.
It's still a little bit warm but, I'm gonna go ahead and cut into it and show y'all what
it looks like in here.
It's always kind of a bitch, getting them outa here.
Alright, so there's a couple on a little plate here… goddamnit.
So, I got my two little lemon bars here, and then, if you want to, this always looks nice,
just get a little shaker, or I'm just using a little sifter to tap a little powder sugar
over the top.
Check that out, it's like something you would get a high tea in ye old England or something!
Some kinda like fancy Tiffany's thing!
Alright, i'm going to take a very ladylike nibble.
[squeal of glee]
>>HILAH: Dudes, I just think these are the best.
I mean, I love this little crust, it's just so delicate and it's just such a great crumbly,
chewy, jelly-like texture.
It's just so delicious.
I hope you try this recipe.
I really do.
Let me know how you like it, if you have any questions leave them in the comments below
and i'll get to them as soon as I can and please subscribe, thumbs up, favorite, all
of your support means everything to us so, thanks so much for watching.
Cheers, lemon bars!
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