Lemon Bars and Video Games :-)

Today, Jonny didn't have to go to Modesto because Eric wasn't feeling well (sorry, Eric!!!), so we went to Bakersfield instead! We had a fun day shopping at Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Trader Joe's, and Guitar Center. I can't remember the last time I was in Trader Joe's...I almost forgot all of the cool stuff they sell in there!

After eating at Tahoe Joe's, we came back home and had some of the HS youth over to play video games and hang out. We couldn't get our PS3s to connect to each other, so that was a bit of a bummer, but we played CoD4 and Halo 3. I kicked butt in CoD...not so much in Halo, haha.

Since I wasn't doing very well in Halo, I decided to try my hand at cooking Lemon Bars. My Better Homes & Gardens cookbook had a recipe, so I followed it, and absolutely LOVE the results! I'm so proud of myself, haha.

The recipe is pretty easy, but I'll post it in case anyone is curious:

Lemon Bars Deluxe

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter, softened
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 tablespoon finely shredded lemon peel
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup all-purpose flour (yes, I know flour is on here twice...bear with me ;-) )

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with foil, leaving about 1 inch of foil extending over the ends of pan. In a large bowl stir together the 2 cups flour and the 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Add butter and beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed just until mixture begins to cling together. Press flour mixture into the bottom of prepared baking pan. Bake in the preheated over about 25 minutes or until light brown.

2. In a medium bowl beat eggs with a whisk; whisk in granulated sugar and lemon juice until well mixed. Whisk in the 1/4 cup flour and the lemon peel. Pour over baked crust.

3. Bake about 20 minutes more or until edges begin to brown and center is set. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Remove bars from pan, using the overlapping foil to lift bars. Place on cutting board. Sift powdered sugar ovver the top of the bars. Cut into bars. Store, covered, in the refrigerator. Makes 30 bars.

Per bar: 147 cal., 7g total fat (4g sat. fat), 44mg chol., 53mg sodium, 0g fiber, 2g pro.

Delicioussssss. :-)