Genius Hour 2.3

This week, I baked one of my favorite treats: lemon bars. I have never baked lemon bars so my goal for this project was to get them to be the right texture and have a good lemon flavor. I had to start the process by finding a recipe since my grandma didn’t have one. I thought of looking on the internet to find one, but sometimes they don’t turn out very well. Then my mom suggested that I asked Mrs. Shock, my former elementary teacher. She is an experienced baker so we knew that she would have a good recipe. There is always a way to obtain something that you need.
     After getting the recipe, I began then baking process. I first mixed the crust and baked it for ten minutes. The crust only consisted of three ingredients: butter, flour, and powdered sugar. After the crust was lightly browned, I took it out to cool before putting the lemon filling on top. The filling consisted of lemon zest, sugar, lemon juice, flour, baking powder, and eggs. I was nervous when making the filling because I have done made lemon bars or anything like them. I had my mom come help me so I could have a second opinion on how they looked. I hope to eventually be confident enough in myself to trust what I think, in baking and other things. Everything went smoothly until it was time to bake them. I was sure how firm or goey they should’ve looked, so I stressed about that, but the turned out to be okay.
     My reviews were really good this week. I received and 11/10 and a 10/10. They both said that I did a good job making them. One commented on how the flavors complimented each other well. This feedback shows that I can trust myself more than I think. Here are some pictures of the baking process:

Lemon filling mixture 

Finished product