I am not going to try and sugar coat it (pun intended) but I have never been the best baker. However, with all my down time I have been trying to get better at something I have been terrible at, aka baking.
I stumbled upon this random recipe that was lemon brownies and I thought how on earth can lemon brownies be good. Brownies are stopped to be chocolate, but due to the fact that I really like brownies and I really like lemon desserts I decided to give it a go.
OMG….
I am so thankful I did, because I found my new favorite dessert. I made a few tweaks to the recipe and added fresh berries on top and this will forever be one of my favorites. I should also mention they were a hit at the dinner party I went to, my roommates loved them and their brother also loved them and we ended up making another pan that day! So they must be good….
Few recommendations when making them:
- Buy a large bag of lemons and zest ALL of them, if by chance don’t use the zest in the recipe you can garnish the top and be a little extra.
- For some reason it is best once it had sat in the fridge over night.
- The edges are the BEST (in my opinion, so sharing those is optional)
I hope you enjoy these just as much as I did!!! If you are feeling super adventurous try making this recipe with oranges or limes and let me know how that goes.. I have this stinking suspicion that orange bars with some sort of dark chocolate drizzle would be to die for!!
Feel free to top with fresh berries to give those delicious bars the extra little touch they deserve!
Disclaimer: This recipe by no means has much nutritional value due to all the sugar… but on the bright side it has a little bit of citrus which has a little bit of vitamin c and the berries on top add a little nutritional value as well, so it has been justified 🙂 Life is sweet, so enjoy it!
XO,
Sami
