On May 19, 2:13*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> I made a batch using the recipe on the Mayor's site (I forget the name
> -- posted a few days ago). As threatened, I made the base out of brown
> sugar instead of white by adding molasses. Also added a dash of ginger
> and cardamom to the filling. Result: Excellent! Very lemony.
>
> I have a couple questions: Should the filling be gooey rather than
> firm? Also, I think the bake time is way off. After I added the
> filling, mine took 25 minutes to reach a non-runny state. (The
> instructions on the Mayor's site said to bake 15 minutes.)

It should be gooey, but firm enough to stand up as all bars are
intended. As in, you do not want puddles, you want soft-ish bars.
....Picky