Recipe # 8- Lemon Squares

This is a fairly easy recipe, I had the same issue as the last recipe in that the product did not come out as lemony as I would have liked. I also think I needed to whisk the top layer a bit more as it did not come out with the uniform yellow top that I am used to with this recipe.

Cost: $3 for the coconut

Prep Time: Under 10 minutes

Verdict: Easy to make, could add a bit more lemon juice. Make sure to mix well and grease the pan adequately as it will stick.

My Grandma’s Recipe

Lemon Squares

1 cup coconut

1 cup flour

2 tbsps. Sugar

¼ tsp. salt

½ cup butter

Cut in the butter with all the other ingredients and press into a 8x8 pan and bake for 20 min at 350 F until set.

For the topping

Mix vigorously

2 eggs

¾ cup sugar

2 tbsp. flour

¼ cup lemon juice

Pour over crust, bake another 20 min, cut into squares and sprinkle with icing sugar.

Recipe #7 Coffee Cake

Never having had much exposure to coffee cake I kind of always thought it had coffee in it or a flavor that sort of resembled coffee. This is not the case with this cake; rather it appears to be a cake you serve with coffee, when you have company over.

Prep time: Under 10 minutes

Cost: Under $5, it was just the raisins and the shortening that I did not have in my pantry.

Verdict: Not that exciting and kind of dry, I thought it might have been more exciting if I created a thicker topping by adding butter to the cinnamon sugar topping and I could have done without the raisins.

Here is my Grandma’s recipe

2 ½ cups cake flour

1 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. ground mace (I did not have mace so I substituted nutmeg)

8 tbsp. shortening (Here she goes with the shortening again)

¾ cup brown sugar

1 egg

¾ cup sour milk

1 cup seedless raisins

2 tbsps. sugar

¼ tsp. cinnamon

Sift salt, mace, baking powder and soda.

Cream shortening and blend in sugar.

Add dry ingredients to make crumbly mixtures. Set ¾ cup aside for toppings. Beat egg add milk stir in raisins.

Put in greased pan and sprinkle with crumbs mixture bake at 350 F for 1 hour.

Recipe #6 - Lemon Bread

This was a simple recipe that resulted in a tasty product, although I would double the lemon as I thought it wasn’t lemony enough for my tastes.

Prep Time – Under 10 minutes.

Cost- Under $5.

Verdict – Cheap, simple and tasty, similar to lemon bread you would buy at a Portuguese bakery. Although I would try doubling the lemons or adding lemon juice.

Here is my Grandma’s recipe

½ cup shortening (this woman puts shortening in everything)

2 eggs

1 tsp. salt

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cup flour

½ cup milk

1 tsp. baking powder

Rind and juice of 1 lemon 

Lemon rind? - was a little confused as to if this meant I was supposed to put the entire lemon skin in, but all the recipes I read said the white pith was not very tasty so I settled for just the zest.

- Cream shortening and then add sugar and eggs

- Add dry ingredients with milk and lemon rind

- Bake 40 min at 350F

- As soon as the loaf comes out of the oven pour the juice of 1 lemon mixed with ¼ cup sugar over the loaf.