Thursday, August 30, 2012

Strawberry Lemon Bars

Hello!
I made these last night. I apologize for the sub-par picture. I am not a professional photographer, so get over it
The recipe I found was for raspberry lemon bars, but for some stupid reason the grocery store I went to did not have frozen raspberries, so I had to make them with strawberries. And they are still delicious, but they are no as pretty as the recipe showed.  So here is the recipe. I doubled it to make a big pan because I don't have a 9x9 pan. Do as you like.

Strawberry Lemon Bars 

Ingredients 
for the crust:
9 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick, plus one tablespoon)
1/4 cup (50g) superfine sugar (or regular granulated)
1 cup (100g) of unbleached all-purpose flour
pinch salt

for the filling:
1 1/2 cups (287g) superfine sugar (or regular granulated)
3 egg whites
1 egg
2/3 cup (150mL) freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 3 lemons)
2 tablespoons lemon zest (from 2 lemons)
2/3 cup (65g) unbleached, all-purpose flour
pinch of salt
1-2 cups (150-275g) of frozen strawberries, defrosted
1 tablespoon confectioner’s sugar

Directions
for the crust: 
Mix butter and sugar until creamy. Add the flour slowly until incorporated. Press into pan. No need to grease. Bake at 350 for 20ish minutes until golden brown. When done take out of oven and cool. 

for filling: 
While crust is cooling mix together the filling. Mix together everything but the strawberries in a large bowl. Either push the strawberries threw a sieve or puree in the blender until liquidy. Mix that into the other stuff. Pour into the pan and put back in the oven for about 35 minutes or until the center is set. 
When done take out of the oven and cool completely before eating. When you are ready to dig in sprinkle the powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar) on top to make it look all pretty. 

They are really easy and super addictive, so you are warned. Remember to share. Don't eat the whole pan yourself. 
Nancy 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Supper

Hello!

I haven't blogged in a while but I have been baking. Recently I moved to college and I have been making my own supper. Yesterday I got the hankering for fry bread. Fry bread is a Native American sort of thing. It is a simple a the name. You make some dough and then you stick in some hot oil and fry it up. It is delicious. I have eaten this bread for my entire life. My mom grew up on an Indian Reservation. No I am not part Native American, I am white as white can be. My mother's parents moved to the res for work and such and so my mommy went with them. Hey at least fry bread came out of the move!
There are a few ways to eat this wonderful bread.  You can eat it plain, which is what I did. You can put taco stuff on it and make Indian tacos, and those are really good. You can make it to a hamburger. You can cover it in cinnamon and sugar. You can basically do anything with it. I was super lazy and I didn't want to buy stuff to put on top so I just ate it plain. It was awesome!! The recipe is super easy, even a twitchy monkey could make it.

Fry Bread 

Ingredients 
2 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tbl. sugar
About 3/4 to 1 cup water

Mix all day ingredients together until well blended. Add enough water to make a soft dough. Let dough rest at room temp. for about 30 minutes. Roll out on a floured board. Cut with some type of round cutter. Fry in deep hot fat until brown. Drain. Yeilds 4 to 5. 

Super easy and super awesome!!! So make some and enjoy!
Nancy