CBS Soaps in Depth - October 20, 1998

The Secret To Her Success
When life gives her lemons, Melody Thomas Scott makes lemon squares! Yes, daytime's reigning queen of tea-taking and advice-giving is a baker extraordinaire in real life. In fact, her lemon squares, which she says are her specialty, are so tangy that not even those who follow the recipe exactly can duplicate their taste. "I don't know - I use the same ingredients: flour, eggs, butter, powdered and regular sugar, lemons. Fresh of course." Scott hesitates. "It might be that I use lemons from our own backyard tree. Yep, that must be it." With the holidays approaching, you can bet that Scott has already begun baking - she usually starts in October and, for the months after that, the oven never really cools off. Luckily, Scott's daughters, Elizabeth, Alex and Jennifer, and niece, Christina, are nearby to lend their baking-mitted hands. ("I taught them young," she says.) As for everyday meals, they're not big production numbers. "I cook or barbecue chicken or fish once in awhile, but who has time?" Scott says. Well, if one must be stuck in the kitchen, it may as well be because of dessert!