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?

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.

"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!