I have a love affair with my old 25th anniversary Betty Crocker cookbook. It's a testament to the prepared foods so central to American household cuisine. The marketing guru that decided, "hey, let's make up a woman who's a great cook and have her be our branding device..." The cookbooks are an obvious attempt to develop trust in dear old Betty and I'm sure to get one you had to eat a boatload of Betty's scalloped potatoes and pancake mix...
But despite the falsity of dear Betty, I love the cookbook.
I let my daughter do most of the work for this lemon bars, and for once, I followed the directions.
Betty's lemon bars
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel, if desired
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, butter and powdered sugar. Press into ungreased square pan, either 8x8 or 9x9. Bake 20 minutes. Beat remaining ingredients until light and fluffy, 3 minutes. Pour over hot crust.
Bake about 25 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched in the center. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.
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