{"id":12070,"date":"2013-03-05T00:18:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=12070"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:09:30","slug":"lemon-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/03\/05\/lemon-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Brownies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/03\/05\/lemon-brownies\/lemonbrownies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/LemonBrownies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LemonBrownies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/LemonBrownies.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12075\" alt=\"LemonBrownies\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/LemonBrownies.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/LemonBrownies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/LemonBrownies.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had a bowl of lemons staring at me on the kitchen table, leftovers from Saturday night&#8217;s\u00a0chicken piccata. It was cold and windy on Sunday, I thought that maybe by making something citrusy I could jumpstart spring. It was still cold and windy when I finished baking, but at least there were lemon brownies, hot coffee, Netflix, and a faux fur throw on the sofa.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the brownies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon lemon zest<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;\">1. Preheat oven to 350\u00b0. Grease an 8&#8243;x 8&#8243; baking dish and set aside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. With an electric mixer, beat flour, sugar, salt, and butter until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, lemon juice, and lemon zest, then add to the flour\/butter mixture. Beat for a few minutes until smooth. Pour into the baking dish and bake for 25 minutes. Test the center with a toothpick, it should come out clean. Let the brownies cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the glaze:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/4 cup confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon lemon zest<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon warm water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;\">1. Sift the confectioners sugar into a small bowl.\u00a0Add lemon juice, lemon zest and warm water, whisk to combine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0Pour over cooled brownies, and spread with a rubber spatula or butter knife. Let glaze set, and slice into bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a bowl of lemons staring at me on the kitchen table, leftovers from Saturday night&#8217;s\u00a0chicken piccata. It was cold and windy on Sunday, I thought that maybe by making something citrusy I could jumpstart spring. It was still &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/03\/05\/lemon-brownies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[2373,2372,2371],"class_list":["post-12070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-citrusy-desserts","tag-lemon-brownies","tag-lemony-goodness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-38G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40444,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/04\/17\/lemon-brownies-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":12070,"position":0},"title":"Lemon Brownies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"April 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Not chocolate, but these lemon brownies are soft and chewy like their traditional counterparts - and just as easy to make. 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