"Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
news:20050117210733.570aea2c@wafer...
> On 17 Jan 2005 16:25:49 -0800
> "bumblebee4451" > wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried the lemon bars that are made from angel cake mix and
> > lemon pie filling? Are they much like the from scratch bars?
>
>
> I don't see how they could be.
>
> Why do you need to use angel cake mix? The cookie is nothing but flour,
> sugar, and butter. Sometimes just flour and sugar.
>
> Looking at the recipes, what I typically think of as a lemon bar is a
> cookie with lemon curd (pie filling to you) on top, sprinkled with
powdered
> sugar after baking to take care of the stickiness.
>
> "lemon angel bars" are a box of angel food cake and a can of pie
filling
> mixed and baked, which frankly sounds wretched.

But when you use a cake mix, you are rescued from the impossible task of
measuring flour, sugar, and baking powder. God only know how they get the
foam in the angel food cake mixes!