Hey guys, it’s Ro!
Welcome to another Nerdy Nummies!
As you can see today, I am dressed as Lady Link!
I got a little fancy hat and I took 2 belts from my closet. Boom! Cosplay!
I got a lot of requests from you guys for something else Zelda related,
so today, I am going to be making Triforce Lemon Bars!
Let’s get started!
To make these Triforce Lemon Bars, we’re gonna be making them in 2 separate parts.
First we’re gonna be making the lemon bar crust, and then we’re gonna
be making the lemon bar mixture.
So, starting with the crust, the things you will need, will be: 1 cup of butter
and that’s 2 sh-ticks if you’re buying them at the grocery store, 2 cups of flour,
some baking spray, a pan, the pan that I’m using is 9 inches by 13 inches.
1/2 a cup of regular sugar, 1/2 a teaspoon of salt, a spatula, a mixer,
and 2 bowls, you’ll want 1 bowl to be large, and 1 bowl to be a little bit smaller.
Alright, let’s put it all together!
The first thing that we’re gonna do is grease our pan, just taking a little
bit of baking spray, but you can use butter or whatever you’d like.
Now take your smaller bowl and you’re gonna put in your 2 sh-ticks of butter,
Make sure your butter is room temperature, so it’s soft, so it’s easy to blend up.
And you’re gonna beat them until they’re nice and light and fluffy.
Now you’re gonna mix in your sugar, and salt. Take your mixer, mix it up again.
The final step, we’re gonna add flour slowly to the mixture while we’re mixing
it up so you don’t get a big pffffffff! Dust cloud, and we’re finally gonna get to
use the spatula, scrape down the sides so it’s all evenly combined.
Hyah! Hyah, hyah, hyah! Hyah, hyah, hyah, hyah!
I’ll put this away…
Once you’re done mixing your crust, you’re gonna take your pan, and you’re
gonna put your crust mixture into the pan. Now you’re just gonna pat it down, press
the dough to the edges of the pan.
Once you’ve got the crust in the bottom of the pan, you’re gonna pre-heat
your oven to 350 and we’re gonna bake this for about 20 minutes.
While the crust is in the oven baking, now we’re gonna move on to the second part
of this recipe. It is the lemon bar mixture!
The things you will need to make this lemon bar mixture are going to be:
1 cup of regular sugar, 1/2 a cup of flour, 4 fresh lemons, 4 eggs, a juicer,
I’m using a hand juicer, a whisk, a big mixing bowl, because, when I’m mixing together
wet ingredients I don’t want it to go everywhere, so I use the bigger bowl for this,
a zester and a sharp cutting knife.
Let’s put it all together!
The first thing that we’re gonna do is zest 1 entire lemon, and you just grate it,
just like this! And you’re just gonna do this to the entire lemon.
And I put the lemon zest in this little pile over here on the side of the
cutting board, and we’re still gonna use it, because we’re gonna use all 4 lemons.
So now, take your fresh lemons, and you’re gonna cut them in half.
Now that we got them cut in half you’re gonna take your little juicer,
and this equals about 2/3 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice, and that’s
what you want!
So you’re just gonna squeeze until you get 2/3 cup.
Alright and there we’ve got it, 2/3 cup of freshly squeezed lemons. I’m gonna
put this off to the side.
Now you’re gonna take your big mixing bowl, and you’re gonna add your sugar,
and your flour, and we’re gonna whisk it together so everything’s really well mixed.
Now we’re gonna add our 4 eggs, and this is where those lemon bars really get that
yellow color, from the egg yolk.
Now you’re gonna take your whisk again and mix it all together.
Then once it looks evenly combined, now we’re gonna add our lemon juice!
My favorite part, it smells so good!
Ooooooh!
And we’re gonna take lemon zest from our 1 lemon and sprinkle that in there.
Now you’re gonna mix it up again, 1 last time until everything
is smooth and combined.
Mix, mix, mix, mix, mix!
I just took the crust out of the oven, it’s all done baking.
As you can see there’s a light golden brown around the edges,
that’s what you want! I let this cool for about 10 minutes, so it’s not hot
anymore, it’s a little bit warm, and that is the right temperature to pour
on top of our lemon mixture.
So take your lemon mixture, and you’re just going to slowly pour it on top
of the crust.
Now, you’re gonna pop this back in the oven and bake it for another 20 minutes on 350.
So keep your ovens on.
Once your lemon bars are all done baking you’re gonna take them out of the oven
and let them chill for about 10 minutes, and then you’re gonna pop them into
the refrigerator to chill for about 3 hours.
I know it’s a long time, but it’s worth the wait! I like my lemon bars
served chilled. And I’ve just done that, and now we’re gonna cut some shapes.
So you’re gonna take a big cutting knife, and I’m just going to cut some
columns, just to get the lemon bar squares out of the pan.
And then we’re gonna cut some triangles.
I’m gonna be using this little triangle cookie cutter as a guideline to see
how big my columns need to be.
So I’m just placing it down here, and then just lightly marking,
doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!
Now that we’ve got our lemon bar squares on the cutting board, you’re gonna take
your triangle cookie cutter again, and I’m putting it on top, and then just
pressing it down a little bit so that it will leave a little bit of an impression
into the lemon bar, so I can cut even triangles.
Then I’m gonna take a big cutting knife, something that is very sharp, and just
cut them out.
Now that we have got our lemon bar squares all cut out, I positioned them to look
like a Triforce! So you could just serve them like this, at a party or a get-together.
But, lemon bar recipes are a little bit tart, because of the lemons, and what
compliments it really well is a little bit of sugar on top.
A little bit of sweet to balance it out.
So, I’m going the extra step and I’m going to take these little guys, I cut out
little triangles, just with a piece of paper.
And I’m just going to put them in the center of each lemon bar.
And now you’re just going to take some confectioners sugar, it’s also called
powder sugar. And, we’re gonna sprinkle a little bit on the top.
You can use any sifter you’d like, but I’m just gonna use a small one,
because it’s a little bit easier to control.
Bring it over here, and I’m just gonna give it a tap.
Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.
Now, once you’ve got the sugar on, you’re going to carefully take off the little paper triangle.
Ta-da!
Here are our Triforce Lemon Bars, thanks you guys for suggesting something
Zelda themed!
I absolutely loved making these and love this recipe, it’s good for parties
or get togethers.
If you guys have any other ideas for any other Nerdy Nummies please let me know!
Leave me a comment down below and I will do my best to make it happen.
Also, you can follow me on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter or Instagram, I’ll post lots
of pictures of these yummy lemon bars.
And if you guys make them, please send me pictures because I get a big kick out
of seeing your baking creations, they’re so fun!
Alright, thanks again you guys.
Bye-bye!
Beep!