From what I recall, there are virtually no rules for the OTCC other than to have fun. You don't have to put anything in the RE: line other than what you want.

So true. I just have to remember to put OTCC when I post a recipe.

It's so nice to see you joining in the fun of OTCC! I love the pictures so much, that now I want to make this recipe.

Snow globe sig by Agman, bouncing starfish courtesy of IceCat

I want some!

Turkey caserole: Done! Not sure why I had so much green bean caserole left over this year. Next year I'm not making it.

Going to do these lemon bars because I love lemon bars and need a good sweet to take to a meeting next week.

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Turkey Casserole
It probably doesn't really count as making this recipe, because I majorly tweaked it to use what I had on hand (mixed veg instead of just green beans, no french fried onions, used little pasta shells instead of rice, and used leftover potato leek soup instead of cream-of...) so I'll just say that Sunday's dinner was inspired by this recipe and leave it at that.

Lemon Bars
These are in the oven now. I cut the recipe in half and used an 8x8 pan because I will almost assuredly eat the entire pan of them, probably by the end of the night tonight.

Fro's Tweak Alert: I made lime bars instead of lemon, because I had four fresh limes in the fridge. I added the zest of the limes to the lime mixture. (I bet it would be good added to the crust, too, come to think of it.)

I was thinking, while mixing it all up, that this is kind of a good recipe canvas for any sort of citrus fruit bars recipe. Lime is a pretty safe sub for lemon, but I might have to make this again and try some different combos and maybe add some spices to the fun. Cranberry-tangerine? Or maybe orange-clove? Lemon-cardamom?

Shortbread
I adore shortbread and have never made it. I will be trying this one soon!

Bobblefred by Tribe. Fred's snowed in by Agman

You tweaked a recipe!?! Colour me shocked, Shocked, SHOCKED!

I know. But my resolution last year was that I was going to dramatically reduce the number of trips I make to the grocery store each week so as to decrease my opportunity to impulse buy. So. . . If I don't have an ingredient (or five) I barrel ahead anyway making substitutions.

They're not all winners.

Bobblefred by Tribe. Fred's snowed in by Agman

So, how did the lime bars taste? (Mr. Qwerty is always bugging me to put lemon or lime zest in my baking)

They taste very good! I like the added zest in there because it emphasized the tartness of the filling a bit. I like the combo of the sweet crust and the tart filling. If anything, I would even like it a little more tart.

I did overbake them, though. I didn't think to reduce the baking time to account for my smaller pan. I took them out after 20 minutes but they really could have come out at 15.

I guess I'll have to make another pan of them!

Bobblefred by Tribe. Fred's snowed in by Agman

Whenever I make a key lime pie, I always use the Keebler Shortbread crust instead of regular or graham cracker. It make a huge difference and is oh so good.

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YUMMMMY!
I think I would add an extra TBSP of lime juice (but the rest of the family says NO WAY!), just because I like desserts quite tart.
The bars came out a bit flatter than I had thought, but I was using a pampered chef oblong pan which is a bit bigger than 9x 13.
The texture of the bars is sublime. It goes really well with ice cold milk or hot coffee.

OMG -- Pure Evil Goodness! I think this is the most calorie dense thing I've ever made.

I should have made a 1/4 slab. I think I'll get Mr. Qwerty to hide them so I can't eat the whole pan.

8 year old DD "Mommy, you are the best cook EVER!" I think she's a fan of the short bread.

Wow, I've never really ventured into the OTCC threads before, but this one grabbed me. Woe mentioned something about rules. Is there a short list of rules I need to be aware of for replying in these threads? Have I broken them already???

The shortbread and Lemon Bar recipes look so good, I think I will try them in my holiday baking.

Having myself an agman Christmas!

The only rule in the OTCC is HAVE FUN. Jump on in!

Bobblefred by Tribe. Fred's snowed in by Agman

The lemon bars are very good and very easy to make. Just don't leave them in the oven for an hour when it's only supposed to be 25 minutes otherwise you will be making them a 2nd time.

DW makes Awesome lemon bars!