Jello Recipes
Easy Lemon Bars Recipe
This lemon bar recipe combines both lemon jello and lemon instant pudding. Not only that but you need to add lemon zest too for a really tangy finish. This easy lemon bars recipe is easy to follow and the resulting bars are gorgeous.
If you enjoy the flavor of lemon, you will love these sweet treats. Enjoy them with a cup of tea or coffee, or a glass of milk. Kids as well as adults will enjoy the tangy citrus flavor. These are the best lemon bars, if you like a fresh lemon flavor, which is not overly sweet. Go easy on the powdered sugar to tone down the sweetness a bit more. The best way to get fine graham cracker crumbs is to put some graham crackers in a Ziploc bag and bash it with a rolling pin until the crumbs are as fine as you want them to be. For making crusts the finer the better, unless the recipe tells you otherwise.
The crust is really delicious and crumbly. In some pie recipes, the crust is filled and then baked. In others it is baked blind, which means filled with raw lentils, rice, or pie-making weights and baked empty. Since you are using melted butter to make this crust, chilling it is enough to set it, since when the butter gets cold, it sets again, and this holds the sugar and crumbs in place too.
Simple Lemon Bar Recipe
Ingredients -
1 ½ cups finely ground graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup melted butter
3 cups water
⅓ cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
3 ½ oz package jello lemon instant pudding
3 oz package lemon jello
1 ¾ cups Cool Whip
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Lemon zest, to garnish
2 tablespoons powdered sugar, to garnish
Preparation:
Combine the crushed graham crackers with the melted butter and 1 tablespoon of the sugar.
Press this mixture into a square pan and let it set in the refrigerator.
Combine the jello and jello pudding with the remaining sugar in a pan and stir in the eggs and ½ cup of the water.
Stir well, then add the rest of the water and bring the mixture gently to a boil.
Take it off the heat and stir it well.
Let it cool down, and then add the Cool Whip.
Spoon this mixture over the set crust and chill it for about 2 hours.
Garnish with the powdered sugar and lemon zest.
Cut it into squares or rectangles and serve chilled.
(Serves 8)
Photo Description:
What an appetizing bright yellow shade these delicious lemon bars are. You can tell just by looking at the photo that this easy lemon bars recipe is going to taste good. If you like the sound of a tangy lemon filling, a homemade graham cracker crumb crust and a powdered sugar and lemon zest topping, you are going to love these. Lemon bars are great for packed lunches, after-dinner treats or a snack at any time and you can double this recipe to make more.
Fun Facts About Lemons
If you are enjoying an easy lemon bars recipe, it might interest you to know some fun facts about this delicious fruit. Lemon trees grow in the subtropical and tropical regions of the world, including Italy, Portugal, Spain, and California.
Lemons from California were introduced to Spain from Africa and the Middle East during the Middle Ages. The lemons we know today are thought to be a hybrid of citrons and limes. A quarter of all lemons today are grown in the United States and most of these are grown in California, where the climate conditions are optimal.
Lemon juice is used to make fish sauce recipes, salad dressings and jello recipes. Fish has been served with a wedge or slice of lemon since the Middle Ages. Interestingly enough, this is because the people believed that the acid from the fish would dissolve any fish bones they accidentally swallowed! It is used to make desserts like lemon bars and it is also used in savory recipes, to add a touch of sharpness. The juice stops fruits like apples from going brown once you cut into them and it also adds extra nutrients to your fruit salad.
Lemons and Health
The fruit's pulp is used medicinally because it contains so much vitamin C and a lot of beauty preparations contain lemon juice. The high level of vitamin C in this fruit helps to prevent scurvy, which has symptoms like loose teeth, aching joints and bleeding gums. Lemon juice is good for the digestion and it helps the liver to process impurities.
The Handy Fruit - Not Just for Eating
The Romans, who did not have such things as mothballs, used lemons to deter moths from eating their clothing. This fruit has lots of uses that many people do not know about. You can rub a cut lemon under your arms to combat body odor (do not try this if you have just shaved!) Did you know that soaking your fingernails in freshly squeezed lemon juice for five minutes can whiten them? Try it, with the lemon you have left over from making your easy lemon bars.
