Lemon Bars

Although every new recipe is dreamed up by someone, it is usually a variation on something much older that has been passed down through the generations. The same is true for lemon bars, the recipe for which was submitted by a housewife to a newspaper competition in 1962.

Hopeful cook Mrs. Eleanore Mickelson won five dollars and the honor of having her recipe published in the Chicago Tribune. Her winning combination of a lemon curd topping and a shortbread cru