{"id":2924,"date":"2021-03-22T00:40:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T00:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malak.ca\/blog\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2024-12-22T00:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T00:19:47","slug":"making-lemon-squares-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malak.ca\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/03\/22\/making-lemon-squares-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Lemon Squares — Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week’s cooking projects from my collection of recipes<\/a> included making bran muffins<\/a> for my mom, more blondies<\/a>, more chocolate buttercrunch<\/a>, and the subject of this post, lemon squares<\/a>. I started making them to have another dessert to add to my collection of recipes<\/a>, and so I found a recipe on the Martha Stewart website, which I then converted to my format and whose measures I adjusted down by half. However, you may notice that in this recipe<\/a>, the full amounts of the original recipe are also listed, since you may wish to make enough of these squares for a party; unfortunately, since the recipe does not freeze too well, I found that the full recipe was big enough that my mom and I started to get tired of them after eating them every day for a week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE 20210608: <\/strong> This post is based on my “old” lemon squares recipe<\/a>, which I have updated<\/a>, replacing the base with appropriately adjusted amounts of my aunt’s shortbread cookie recipe<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two parts to these lemon squares: A shortbread base, and a lemon curd topping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The base is made first:<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, in order to bring the margarine to room temperature, I took out margarine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margarine taken out of the fridge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… then margarine was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margarine measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the margarine was put aside for a bit to warm up to room temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, I took out some parchment paper and an 8″ x 8″ baking pan …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parchment paper and a baking pan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the baking pan was lined with parchment paper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baking pan lined with parchment paper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When the margarine had warmed up to room temperature, I placed it in a mixing bowl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margarine placed in a mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Flour was taken out …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flour container<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… then the flour was measured out …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flour measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the flour was poured into the mixing bowl with the margarine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pouring flour into mixing bowl with margarine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Flour in mixing bowl with margarine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Icing sugar was taken out …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Icing sugar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… measured out …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Icing sugar measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and poured into the mixing bowl <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Icing sugar poured into mixing bowl with flour and margarine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Icing sugar in mixing bowl with flour and margarine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Salt was taken out and measured …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt taken out and measured<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and added to the mixing bowl with the icing sugar, flour, and margarine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adding salt to the mixing bowl with icing sugar, flour, and margarine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A fork was used …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using a fork to break the margarine into pieces the size of a pea<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… to break up the margarine into pieces about the size of peas, mixing the icing sugar, flour, and margarine together in the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margarine broken into pieces the size of peas<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The mixed ingredients were transferred to the lined baking pan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transferring the mixed ingredients to the lined baking pan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mixed ingredients transferred to the lined baking pan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The mixed ingredients were pressed down by hand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mixed ingredients were pressed down by hand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mixed ingredients were pressed down by hand<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A countertop convection oven was preheated to 350F:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Countertop convection oven preheated to 350F<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… into which the baking pan was placed …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baking pan placed in a countertop convection oven<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and a timer was set to 16 minutes (obviously, the photo was taken about 20 seconds later!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Timer set to 16 minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Making the topping:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eggs were taken out …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eggs taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… two eggs were chosen ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two eggs taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… which were then cracked into a mixing bowl …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Egg cracked into mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Two eggs cracked into a bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ooops, I forgot to lightly beat the eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milk was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milk taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Milk was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milk measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The milk was poured into the mixing bowl with the eggs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milk poured into mixing bowl with eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Milk poured into mixing bowl with eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A bit of flour was measured out and added to the mixing bowl with the milk and eggs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adding flour to the milk and eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Flour added to the milk and eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sugar was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sugar was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The sugar was poured into the mixing bowl with the flour, milk, and eggs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar poured into the mixing bowl with the flour, milk, and eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sugar poured into the mixing bowl with the flour, milk, and eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Salt was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the salt was added to the mixing bowl with the sugar, flour, milk, and eggs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt added to the mixing bowl with the sugar, flour, milk, and eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mixing bowl with salt, sugar, flour, milk, and eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A fork was taken out …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using a fork to mix the salt, sugar, flour, milk, and eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… to mix the salt, sugar, flour, milk, and eggs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salt, sugar, flour, milk, and eggs mixed with a fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lemon juice was taken out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lemon juice taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lemon juice was measured out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lemon juice measured out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The lemon juice was poured into the mixing bowl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lemon juice poured into the mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lemon juice poured into the mixing bowl<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and the ingredients were mixed together with a fork:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients mixed with a fork<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

By this time, the base had finished baking, and was taken out of the countertop convection oven:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baked base taken out of countertop convection oven<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The topping was poured over the still hot base:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Topping poured over still hot base<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Topping poured over still hot base<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The temperature of the countertop convection oven was reduced to 325F:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Countertop convection oven preheated to 325F<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The baking pan was placed again in the countertop convection oven:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baking pan placed again in the countertop convection oven<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 and a timer was set to 20 minutes (obviously, the photo was taken about 11 seconds later!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Timer set to 20 minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A cooling rack was taken out for when the cooking was done:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooling rack taken out<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When the baking was completed, the baking pan was taken out of the oven, and placed on the cooling rack:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baking pan placed on a cooling rack<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After a bit of cooling, the lemon squares were lifted out of the baking pan, and placed back on the cooling rack:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lemon squares lifted out of the baking pan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I started slicing the whole dessert in half:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slicing the dessert<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and I sliced the whole dessert into 16 pieces:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dessert sliced into 16 pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Icing sugar was sprinkled on the top:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Icing sugar sprinkled on the top of the lemon squares<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

… and of course served!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lemon squares served<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mom liked them; she also suggested that I try using my aunt’s shortbread recipe<\/a> for the base, which I will try the next time I make lemon squares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s cooking projects from my collection of recipes included making bran muffins for my mom, more blondies, more chocolate buttercrunch, and the subject of this post, lemon squares. I started making them to have another dessert to add to my collection of recipes, and so I found a recipe on the Martha Stewart website, … <\/p>\n

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