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Sometimes people just want a recipe and are bored with a back story because they need the recipe.  I prefer that too! Here is the lemon squares recipe and if you want to read why it is sharable then you must read the short story below.  Base All purpose Flour                      2 cups Salted Butter                            1 cup If you use unsalted butter add 1/3 tsp salt Granulated sugar                     ½ cup. Bring together into a crumble and press into a 9x13 baking pan. Bake 350F until sides are golden. About 15 minutes. Lemon Curd Eggs( large)               ...

    This recipe came from one of those cookbooks that go for sale to raise funds that mom had. The cover is no longer on the book but it did contain most of this recipe. Finding a great banana bread recipe is like finding a shiny coin while out walking.When it turns out perfectly an instant grin spontaniously forms on your face and you have no control over your glee. This one is the shiny coin. For this recipe you can add walnuts, chocolate chips or leave plain. Make muffins or banana bread. If you choose to make muffins you increase the temperature and bake for less time. If you are making the banana bread the temp is 350F for 40 -50 minutes. Most of the quick bread recipes can be either in loaf or muffin form. For these muffins I had a bucket full of mini chocolate chips and really want to use them up. They work perfectly here but there is a saying, "go big or go home". Which means regular size chocolate chips will do just fine. I am a walnut fan and would not hesitate to p...

Amazing Basic Sandwich Cookies The people who know me might know that I have been known to look for second hand cookbooks. Usually they are inexpensive and have the most interesting ideas. I found one such treasure, "Cooking a Common Sense Guide" published 2003 by Bay Books. New South Wales.  I have a photo of the cookbook.  It has no nonsence easy to read recipies. Except if you live in one part of the world and things are called something else where the book is published. Or if they use ingredients you are not familiar with.  For example a red capsican is a red pepper. It is always fun to learn something new so now I know red pepper has another name. I don't like to spend a long time on a blog post so here is the main recipe for the cookie. The only substitution was the self rising (SR) flour. Originally calling for 1 cup of all purpose and 1 cup of self rising. I will be putting 2 cups of all purpose (AP) flour and adding the baking powder and salt....