Saturday, September 26, 2009

Company coming!

My cousin and her husband, who live in Indiana, will be coming for the day today. We look forward to the visit as we have not seen them in a while. I decided to make a good fall supper of pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, and our farmer still has corn on the cob and fresh tomatoes. For dessert, I am making "Frosted Lemon Bars". They are quite yummy and so thought I'd share the recipe with you.

Frosted Lemon Bars

Crust:
2 cups Corn Flakes cereal, crushed to 1 cup (sometimes I use Special K)
1 cup flour
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened

Bars:
2 Tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1-1/2 cups shredded coconut
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts

Lemon Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon butter, melted
1 Tablespoon lemon juice

Crust: Combine corn flakes, flour, brown sugar and butter; mix well. Press evenly in bottom of 13x9 inch pan. Bake at 275 degrees for 10 minutes. Removed baked crust from oven and set aside.

Bars: Mix together the 2 Tablespoons flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside
Combine eggs, brown sugar, coconut and vanilla in mixing bowl, beat well. Add flour-salt mixture and nuts, mix well. Spread over baked crust.
Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until bars are lightly browned.

Icing: Combine powdered sugar, melted butter and lemon juice; beat until smooth. After bars are baked and still warm, frost with icing. (doesn't have to cover the entire top; put dollops of icing on here and there and spread a little. It kind of melts a little) Cool and cut into bars.

3 comments:

Suz said...

What a wonderful meal. It should be cooler today...good choice. Have a lovable time...laugh...relax.. you need this time with old friends...don't we all

Doris said...

Sounds warm and delicious on this coll damp day!

Audrey said...

I can attest, the Frosted Lemon Bars are quite delish.