Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Lemon Squares
At Matt's request, here's the recipe for lemon squares:
Crust:
2 cups flour
½ cup powdered sugar
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
Filling:
4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups sugar
¼ cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup lemon juice
Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350˚F. In large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, ½ cup powdered sugar and margarine at low speed until crumbly. Press mixture evenly in bottom of ungreased 13X9-inch pan. Bake at 350˚F for 20 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown.
In large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, ¼ cup flour and baking powder; blend well. Stir in lemon juice. Pour mixture over warm crust. Return to oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until top is light golden brown. Cool completely.
In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and enough lemon juice for desired glaze consistency; blend until smooth. Drizzle over cooled bars. Cut into bars.
Crust:
2 cups flour
½ cup powdered sugar
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
Filling:
4 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups sugar
¼ cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup lemon juice
Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350˚F. In large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, ½ cup powdered sugar and margarine at low speed until crumbly. Press mixture evenly in bottom of ungreased 13X9-inch pan. Bake at 350˚F for 20 to 30 minutes or until light golden brown.
In large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, ¼ cup flour and baking powder; blend well. Stir in lemon juice. Pour mixture over warm crust. Return to oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until top is light golden brown. Cool completely.
In small bowl, combine powdered sugar and enough lemon juice for desired glaze consistency; blend until smooth. Drizzle over cooled bars. Cut into bars.
Open invitation
Thanks for the fun evening at 536. Following up on a couple of today's conversations, here are some things I'd like to do this summer. If this sounds interesting to any or all of you, it would be fun to go together. The more the merrier!
Kayaking at Rock Cut State Park:
Rock Cut is near Rockford, about an hour from Arlington Heights. My favorite thing to do there is rent kayaks and paddle around the lake. There are also hiking trails and picnic grounds. Pete doesn't enjoy the outdoorsy activities, but would anyone else like to spend an afternoon there? Perhaps on July 25 or 26? Or August 9? How about August 15th, 16th, or 17th?
Free concerts at Millenium Park:
Since I'm downtown for work anyway, I try to see some of these concerts when I can. It's free live music from a great orchestra in a beautiful park. If anyone wants to come, I'd be happy to meet you at the train station or anywhere else in the loop and walk down there. Their schedule is here. I'll probably go tomorrow (Friday), if the weather is good.
Art Institute:
The Art Institute of Chicago just opened a beautiful new wing for their modern art collection. Admission to the whole museum is free Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 until Labor Day. This is also close to work, so I could meet you downtown.
Kayaking at Rock Cut State Park:
Rock Cut is near Rockford, about an hour from Arlington Heights. My favorite thing to do there is rent kayaks and paddle around the lake. There are also hiking trails and picnic grounds. Pete doesn't enjoy the outdoorsy activities, but would anyone else like to spend an afternoon there? Perhaps on July 25 or 26? Or August 9? How about August 15th, 16th, or 17th?
Free concerts at Millenium Park:
Since I'm downtown for work anyway, I try to see some of these concerts when I can. It's free live music from a great orchestra in a beautiful park. If anyone wants to come, I'd be happy to meet you at the train station or anywhere else in the loop and walk down there. Their schedule is here. I'll probably go tomorrow (Friday), if the weather is good.
Art Institute:
The Art Institute of Chicago just opened a beautiful new wing for their modern art collection. Admission to the whole museum is free Thursday and Friday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 until Labor Day. This is also close to work, so I could meet you downtown.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
East St. Louis
Hi family.
Last weekend I went on a field trip to East St. Louis to look at computer lab set-ups, make connections in the community for some of our groups' final projects, and refurbish computers. Each day down there (Fri-Sat) the temperatures were in the mid to upper 90s, but it was an enriching experience to see how UIUC is involved in bringing ICT (information communication technologies) to these communities. I have some pictures that were taken. As you can see it wasn't all computers and stuff - I had a chance to fill in the role of grillmaster. I hope everyone is in good health for this Independence Day. Take care!
Last weekend I went on a field trip to East St. Louis to look at computer lab set-ups, make connections in the community for some of our groups' final projects, and refurbish computers. Each day down there (Fri-Sat) the temperatures were in the mid to upper 90s, but it was an enriching experience to see how UIUC is involved in bringing ICT (information communication technologies) to these communities. I have some pictures that were taken. As you can see it wasn't all computers and stuff - I had a chance to fill in the role of grillmaster. I hope everyone is in good health for this Independence Day. Take care!
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