Last night I got my copy of Claire Saffitz’s new cookbook, “Dessert Person,” and it might be the best and worst thing to ever happen to me. I’m determined to make every single recipe in this book, much to the detriment of my current jean size. I started with the Minty Lime Bars (page 155).
I didn’t have mint, or an 8×8 pan, so what I ended up with were super thin, tart and neatly snackable bars.
The recipe starts with a super simple shortbread dough, and having made a few of these before, this part was easy.
The next part was harder, just because I had never made any sort of curd or custard before and didn’t know what to expect, or any of the indicators that you’re on the right track. I miiiiight’ve slightly overbaked it, but I just had no idea when it was ready to come out.
After chilling for an hour and then dusting softly with powdered sugar, we had the final results. The combination of shortbread with the gooey, scrunch-up-your-face tartness of the lime curd was unbelievable.
I might’ve just picked this as the first recipe because I had almost all of the ingredients, but it was a great kickoff to my Julie and Julia moment of recreating every recipe in the book.
Lauren Attempts to Bake 