Bekah's Extra Butter & Salt Lemon Bars

How we make it.

Crust

2 cups flour
½ cup powdered sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter (plus extra), melted
Pinch kosher salt (plus extra)

Filling

4 eggs
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup flour
2 cups sugar

Crust. Mix flour, powdered sugar, butter and salt. Cover bottom of 9x13 inch pan. Pat lightly. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Filling. Beat 4 eggs, add lemon juice, flour and sugar. Pour over baked crust while hot. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top while hot.

Alice Banghoff

Why we make it.

Most of you will not know this, but in addition to being a meatball maker and a childhood smoker I hold a degree in biblical counseling from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Another thread in my life's tapestry. While I am not trained in mise en place, I am trained in putting your life in place. And I did it for a while. In my 10+ years in ministry I met one of the dearest friends of my life, a blond-haired Texan named Rebekah. She hails from Sherman. She lived in Louisville. She left for New York. She flew outta Florida. She landed in Texas. She's back in New York. Ministry does that. These lemon bars have gone with her everywhere. Originally from a cookbook of her eccentric grandmother's, some woman named Alice Banghoff's shortbread and curd has made its way around the country through Bekah with the addition of extra salt and butter, to taste. I can't tell you what that means but I hope you'll try to make these and work it out for yourself. That's what Bekah would want you to do. Some healers are cooks and some are counselors. And some are both. And that's why we make it.