Lemon ranks right up there with chocolate
at
Purple Chocolat Home
and these Easy Lemon Bars are ones that
will wet your appetite, and so easy to prepare.
I have been working on family histories and
after going back to Wisconsin for a family
reunion this summer, I started doing my Aunt Ionia's
history. In 1990 we had video taped her telling
her life story.
I came home and transcribed that.
It wasn't that easy since it was on a VHS,
but my daughter found a VHS to DVD dubbing
machine at Wal Mart for $168 and with as
many that I needed to dub, I decided it was
cheaper than taking them out to have them
transferred. Besides, I didn't know what was
on them - could have been the Knots Landing Finale
(ooh, that dates me!)
After I got that done, I began adding pictures. I had
gathered a lot more pictures at the family reunion.
Doing my Dad's life story (which is now at the publishers -
Lulu.com)
I realized pictures make the story, so all of our family
histories need to be redone, with pictures added, including
mine, which I wrote in 2000.
Anyway, Ionia was known as a great cook. She
always collected recipes from others, made them
and then was willing to share the recipes with us.
She passed away in 2003 and my cousin put together
a book of memories from all of her nieces and nephews
and others, and included recipes that people submitted.
I am now in the process of adding those recipes to her
life history and want to add pictures to the recipes
of the first I have made to add to her history.
Easy Lemon Bars
1 pkg. lemon cake mix
1/2 C. melted butter
1 egg.
Mix the above and pat it into a 9x13 inch pan
that has been sprayed with Pam.
In a large mixing bowl, blend
1 can lemon frosting
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
Pour over the crust. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.
Let cool.
Frosting
1/4 C. butter, melted
2 C. powdered sugar
2 T. lemon juice
1 T. water, if needed to make it spreadable
Beat the above ingredients together to form a fluffy
frosting. Frost. Refrigerate until the frosting
and filling are set up, then cut using a knife
that is run under hot water and then dried off
with a paper towel. Repeat the heating and drying
of the knife as you cut to get smooth and pretty
edges.
Refrigerate as these contain cream cheese.
The response I got as everyone sampled them was
Mmmmmmmm.....!