Can you guess what this is?
August 15th is National Lemon Meringue Pie Day, and so I celebrated by baking lemon bars. (Looks like a bubbly cheesy dish, though, doesn’t it? That’d be the eggs.*) I’ve never baked a citrus anything before, but I do love key lime and lemon meringue pies. I’d actually been planning on the bars for about a week previous to my knowledge of the holiday, and isn’t that just perfect timing?
Plus they’re totally delicious.
The recipe I used is from Smitten Kitchen (the version with less filling since the pan I used was super shallow), omitting the confectioner’s sugar. A dusting of powdery white sugar would help these to look more pretty and dessert-y, but I just want all lemon all the time.
* Speaking of eggs, have a look at these.