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A Rediscovered Recipe by Julie Busteed

May 24, 2016 by Jill Foucre 1 Comment

It’s that rare but valuable experience – where you set off in search of one thing, and find something completely different. Such was the case during a recent recipe search.  I was given a large cardboard box full of cookbooks.  Or so I thought…

The box with filled with items from a dear friend of mine who had passed away last year.  She was a wonderful cook who also had the gift of hospitality. I was blessed to receive her cookbooks. What a treasure!  

LemonBars1Upon looking more closely, I discovered that the box contained not only cookbooks but also three ring binder notebooks where she kept all of her recipes from food magazines like Bon Appetit and Food and Wine.  While leafing through the notebooks I found that she kept a list of every dinner party she had hosted, who was there, and what she served.  Her journal was a gold mine of 25 years worth of dinner parties, with notes about what worked and what did not. Since we were often guests at her home, my name reappeared many times… the earlier entries dating back to before I was married.  I, of course, don’t remember exactly what she served at every meal, but my memories were of delicious evenings feeling loved and cared for. 

I had also been looking for a lemon bar recipe that I used to make, but couldn’t find in my own files. It was such a surprise to find a copy of my recipe in her files!  I hope that you enjoy this rediscovered favorite recipe!

Lemon Bars
2016-05-23 16:30:44
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Crust
  1. 2 cups flour
  2. 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  3. 1 cup butter
Filling
  1. 4 eggs
  2. 2 cups sugar
  3. 1/3 cup lemon juice
  4. 1/4 cup flour
  5. 1/2 t. baking powder
Crust
  1. Preheat over to 350 F.
  2. Sift the flour and sugar and cut with butter until it clings together. Press with a fork into a 9 x 13 pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned.
Filling
  1. Beat eggs, lemon juice and sugar together. Sift flour and baking powder and stir into egg mixture. Pour over baked crust.
  2. Bake for 25 more minutes.
  3. Sift powdered sugar over top when ready to serve.
By Julie Busteed
Marcel's Culinary Experience https://www.marcelsculinaryexperience.com/

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: baking, Dessert, Eggs, recipe

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  1. Etola Zinni says

    February 22, 2017 at 11:45 am

    I am so happy to have this Lemon Bar recipe! My mother (RIP) used to make these and I had lost the recipe, although, I never lose faith! My sister, who resides at the same house in which we grew up; who has all of mom’s recipes in a box, also seemed to have lost a recipe we called Mom’s Caramel Pudding. For years we sadly went without this special recipe when one day out of the blue I received a phone call from my sister who said she had removed a book from the many books she stored on a shelf in the kitchen and out swooped a loosely inserted 4 x 6 paper! It was a recipe entitled Caramel Sauce! While that was not a name we ever recalled using, my sister promptly followed the directions and yes – much to our delight, it was Mom’s Caramel Pudding! God is good!

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