Shortbread Lemon Bars
Shortbread Lemon Bars are a combination of buttery, tender shortbread and a silky tart lemon curd, wrapped up into one delicious dessert you’ll want to make for your family.
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My daughters and I enjoy making Cherry-Lemon Infused Water in the summer when we want to up our water intake. It’s also a fun drink to make for a girls’ manicure party.
Infused water became all the rage a few years ago, when you began seeing commercial products for them in the stores. But making your own infused water is very simple and easy to do in your kitchen.
There are many ways to infuse your water by using fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, and herbs. Choose your favorites and experiment with combinations. The combinations are practically endless.
For this drink, we used the following ingredients:
First you’ll need to pit your fresh cherries. We purchased our cherries in the grocery store, but if you happen to have a cherry tree, use those! To pit the cherries, you can use a fancy cherry pitter gadget, which makes the process quite easy. If you plan on making lots of cherry pies or jellies, you might want to invest in one. But you can also use the tip of a vegetable peeler.
Halve your lemons and then thinly slice. You’ll also want to muddle the basil to help bring out the herbal essence to flavor the drink. To do this, you have several options. Gently mash the leaves with a mortar and pestle, or use a herb muddler, or just rub the leaves together with your fingers.
Place the pitted cherries, sliced lemons, and basil in a half-gallon jar. At this point, you may slightly mash the ingredients with a wooden spoon to help bring our more flavor. Fill with cold water. Filtered is preferred. Allow to chill in refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
Then pour the water into clear glasses filled with ice cubes. Easy peasy.
If you like this Infused Water, you may want to try a few of these flavor combinations:
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