Lemon Bars

Hello, amazing people! It is Friday, June 26th, around ten o'clock here in California, and today, I'm going to show you one of my favorite all-time recipes: LEMON BARS!!

These bars are brilliant, INCREDIBLY tasty, and SUPER awesome. I'm making three-to-four batches of them today to take to some friends of mine who live nearby, and I wanted to share it with you guys, too! So, without further adieu, let's begin! :)

GATHER:

For the crust: 
2 cups of all-purpose flour
3/4 cup (1 1/12 sticks) of cold butter, cut into cubes (or pats)
1/2 cup of confectioners' (powdered) sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt

For the filling: 
1 1/3 cups of granulated sugar
3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/3 cup of fresh lemon juice (you can juice it yourself, or buy lemon juice at the store - it really doesn't matter either way)
3 eggs
2 teaspoons of grated lemon rind (it's optional, and I never use it in my lemon bars, but you can if you like)
Extra powdered sugar for dusting

TO DO THE THING:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish with foil and let the foil overhang just a little bit (this will make it easy to remove the bars from the pan after cooking). Coat lightly with non-stick cooking spray.

Next, prepare the crust: Combine flour, butter, confectioners' sugar and salt in a food processor, or you can use your fingers to mash the butter and other ingredients together in a bowl. I for one do not use a food processor, but I'm sure it makes it a lot easier. You can do whichever way, and I'm sure it'll be fine. If you do use a food processor, whirl with one-and-off pulses until the mixture resembles a coarse meal.

Scrape crust into prepared pan and pat down to level it evenly. Bake the crust in your preheated oven for twenty minutes or until lightly browned. Leave the oven on.

Meanwhile, to make the filling, combine sugar, flour, baking powder, lemon juice, eggs, and lemon rind if you are using it, into a food processor (or a large bowl if you do not want to use a food processor. Like I said, I never use it). Whirl (or whisk in a bowl) until well blended. Pour filling over your crust while the crust is still hot.

Bake in the 350 oven for 20 minutes or until set in the center. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Afterwards, you can carefully lift the foil to remove the Lemon Bars. Cut into squares and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. You can refrigerate them in an air-tight container for up to a week.

And there you have it! Just make sure you don't eat too many at one time. Stomach aches insure. So, I hope you enjoy this, and I'll see you all in my next post! :D

(Recipe taken from "FamilyCircle All-Time Favorite Recipes")

-BeyondTheClouds777

Movie Logic

Hello, everybody! Today is Monday, June 8th, but I felt like sharing something with you all that has been bothering me. So, today, I am going to rant about the logic in movies. Let us begin! :) 

First of all, I was wondering...why is it that whenever there is a super skinny, super unstable piece of wood positioned conveniently (or moved from a very convenient place) over something super dangerous (e.g. lava, the side of a building), the first thing the guy does it walk across it!? I understand the purpose of a chase scene, but plllleeeaaassseeee do the smart thing! And that way, you spare us of the thirty seconds of suspense. 

DO WE REALLY NEED THE EXTRA SUSPENSE!? 

Oh, and hello, heroic protagonist, I understand that you want to make yourself look all cool and dramatic by darting away from people shooting at you at full speed, but looking COOL is not important here! The important thing is NOT GETTING SHOT! Run in a zig-zag! Turn to the left! Don't run in a straight line! 

If there's a helicopter in a movie, it'll blow up. It just will. 

"What do we do?" "We break in!" I'm sorry, but "breaking in" will not always be your best option, guys. Think of something original. 

This one goes out to super heroes everywhere: Do you have to smash a hole in the wall every time you make a dramatic entrance? I mean, seriously. The door's right there... 

If you are shot somewhere (the shoulder, the leg, the ankle, etc.), you can keep fighting with no pain as long as you wrap a piece of cloth around it. I AM SORRY, BUT NO. Just NO. Where do people get this stuff!? 

Speaking of wounds...people in movies can get beat up without complaint (sometimes they practically get thrown across the street), but they wince and groan while people are fixing them up. 

Whenever you switch a light switch, it will make a rather loud noise, no matter what. 

If you're sneaking in somewhere, the door will creak. It just will.  

You're trying to be quiet and not wake someone up. So, you crash into the bookshelf, shatter glass, and fire a gun maybe, and the guy doesn't wake up. And then, as the floorboards creak, the guy will wake up. 

Seriously? 

*person dies in movie* Aww, too bad. *dog dies in movie* NO!!! SO SAD! NO! NOT THE DOG! 

They never look at the explosions they cause. They just don't. 

If a window breaks in a plane, you will instantly be sucked out of it. 

The moral of this post: Well, I hope they make more realistic movies sometime. :D Although, even though movies aren't always one hundred percent accurate, there's only so much they can do while sticking to reality and making the movie interesting. 

Well, anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this post, and I'll see you next post! :D 

-BeyondTheClouds777