Are you there God? It's Lemon Bars

This are pretty easy! And they're tasty.
Recipe courtesy of my dear old friend Mark Bittman (it's okay buddy, I know the divorce has been really hard on you. Hang in there)

And now, for your reading pleasure, a recipe for lemon squares, with notes from yours truly.

"Gabrielle's Lemon Squares" (side note, who is she?!!!!)
Makes 1 to 2 dozen squares (that's a lie, this made nine)
Ingredients:
1 Stick unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour, plus 2 tbs
2 eggs
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (you need a lot more than this, juice of...two lemons?)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
grated or minced zest of 1 lemon
confectioners sugar

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350. Grease an 8 inch square baking pan.
Step 2: Use an electric mixer (AS IF) to cream the butter with the 1/4 cup sugar. Stir in the cup of flour. This mixture will be quite dry; press into the greased pan and bake for 15 minutes, no longer (Mark Bittman means BUSINESS) Remove from the oven and cool slightly.

Using my pretend electric mixer... it works great!

Step 3: Beat together the eggs, lemon juice, baking soda, remaining sugar and flour, and lemon zest. Pour over the crust and bake until firm on the edges but still a little soft in the middle, another 20 minutes. Cool, then sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Cut into squares and serve. Store, covered and refrigerated for up to 2 days (IF THEY LAST THAT LONG).

Before

After!

 If anyone is feeling ambitious, here are some really cute things you can do with powdered sugar:

image courtesy of MARTHA STEWART, making people feel bad about what would ordinarily be considered a very valiant effort at homemaking. This is a great purpose for paper doilies, but you could also use wax paper to make little stencils. There's always next time...