Comments on: Lemon Bars

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:54:56 +0000

These were amazing! My husband and I polished off 3/4 the entire batch almost immediately. Thank you!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:42:03 +0000

Best lemon bars ever! perfect, just perfect. and my glass dish worked just fine even though I had to make a little aluminum foil “dam” to turn my rectangular pan into a square one! thanks.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:45:56 +0000

I made these last weekend and they were a huge hit with all my friends! First lemon bar I’ve ever made and they were great. I skipped the straining part for the curd and they turned out just fine! Beautiful looking cookies, I’d definitely make them again, thanks for sharing the recipe!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:03:49 +0000

beautiful images! hopefully i’ll try these for brunch this weekend

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:39:28 +0000

Hi Jennie, I am glad you liked them! The dough is pretty dry and doesn’t really come together until you press it, but it sounds like it may have been especially dry for you. Measurements could have been off? Make sure you are spooning your flour into measuring cup so you don’t end up with too much. Not sure what else it could have been…

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:34:14 +0000

I made these yesterday and they came out great. The only trouble I had was when making the shortbread (with the food processor method) my dough ended up a little on the dry side. I just sort of shoved it into the prepared pan, and I think there was no real impact to the finished product, but I’m wondering what I could have done to have it come together a bit better? Perhaps I overpulsed?

By: Anne-Renée

Anne-Renée — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:34:08 +0000

I made these yesterday – making the curd the old-fashioned way, as I have a deeply embeded fear of making lemon omelet :-) – worked out just fine, but took a littlol longer…
They are yummy – a perfect blend of sweet cake and tart curd!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rennasverden/4412917801/in/photostream/

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:14:35 +0000

I was JUST thinking about how I hadn’t had a lemon bar in a very long time and really need one. Perfect timing! I see a batch of these in my future. Yum.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:54:05 +0000

Hi Jean, I am so glad to hear that you and Emma liked the lemon bars! Thanks for letting me know.

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:46:05 +0000

I tried this recipe last week with the help of 8 year old Emma. They turned out fabulous! The lemon was lemony and the shortbread was light and buttery! They got rave reviews from family, friends, and co-workers! Much better than your run of the mill lemon bar!

By: molly

molly — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:33:58 +0000

I’m relying on steady doses of (Tartine-based) lemon bars to knock winter upside the head. Doctor’s orders.

By: Elena

Elena — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:47:15 +0000

You are so right, it is decidedly never the same as all of our first nights at PP!

I ate at Ceres Table yesterday and thought it was wonderful, you should check it out. It’s in Andersonville. We had the octopus, risotto, flatiron steak, and souffle tart. Divine.

By: A Rockridge Life

A Rockridge Life — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:40:58 +0000

I absolutely cannot wait to try these. Lemon bars have always been one of my favorite sweets. Thank you for this post!

By: The Purple Foodie

The Purple Foodie — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:21:57 +0000

I think I’m goin to give something like this a shot with grapefruit!

By: Tommie

Tommie — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:52:03 +0000

Great that you now put grams in the recipe…

That saves me a lot of calculations!

By: Nishta

Nishta — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:08:34 +0000

Lemon bars were my bribery of choice in graduate school! I brought them regularly to weekly workshops and made a lot of friends that way. Yum, yum, yum.

By: Sara Leana

Sara Leana — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:01:18 +0000

I heart lemon bars! These look especially spectacular. You are amazing. Again, how are you not fat? :)

By: Caffettiera

Caffettiera — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:37:33 +0000

I totally relate with the feeling of winter *never* going away! And me too, I am very grateful to citruses for brighting these days (and many others actually). Another very early sign of spring for me is rhubarb: I bought some at the market today, and made a good ol’ crumble. Tomorrow, it’s lemons turn!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:02:36 +0000

YUM! I CANNOT wait to make thee!! THe photos make them look DELECTABLE! My mouth is watering just looking at them. Thanks for including two methods for those of us that don’t have a food processor! :)

By: Karin's Mom

Karin's Mom — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:08:49 +0000

Hey, everybody loves a lemon bar (see above). I could have compared you to a store-bought fig newton, but I didn’t now did I?