Coconut - Lime Squares

evelyn/athens's Note:

These are great-tasting.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 16 squares

Crust

• 3/4 cup flour, plus
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 6 tablespoons cold butter, cut into bits
• 1/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted and cooled
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Filling

• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup fresh lime juice, plus
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated lime zest

Garnish

• 1/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted and cooled

Directions:

1. For crust: Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Butter and flour an 8-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
3. Blend together with fingertips flour, butter, coconut, confectioners’ sugar and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Pat mixture into prepared pan and bake in middle of oven 25-30 minutes, or until golden-brown.
5. Reduce oven temperature to 300F.
6. Make filling: Whisk together eggs and sugar until combined well and stir in flour, lime juice and zest.
7. Pour filling mixture over crust and bake in middle of oven for 20 minutes.
8. Top custard with coconut garnish and bake 5-10 minutes longer, or until just set.
9. Cool on rack and chill 1 hour.
10. Cut into 16, 2-inch squares.

Reviews

[sybrsuzy]

Delicious! Have taken these to two different get togethers, and even those who do not like lime/lemon raved about them. Thank you for a great recipe.

[Julie F]

Great change of pace and a delicious dessert! I made these for my bunco group and received quite a few compliments on them. They are light tasting, though perhaps not light in calories. I think I overcooked the crust a little bit, so next time I will take it out 5 minutes short of the time recommended. I used 2 drops of green food coloring in the filling and it was lovely!

[kelfling]

I really enjoyed these. Thanks for posting.