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These Key Lime Bars are a variation on traditional lemon bars and have the perfect amount of tart and sweet. They are SO good! The tender cookie base holds a puckery lime filling that gets a little extra kick from grated lime zest. You can use fresh limes or bottled key-lime juice.
Key Lime Bars
These dessert bars need nothing more than a dusting of confectioners’ sugar, and they make the perfect dessert for barbecues, picnics, and summer parties!
Ingredients You Will Need:
- Flour – use all-purpose flour.
- Sugar – you will need granulated sugar and powdered sugar.
- Butter – make sure you use unsalted butter.
- Salt
- Eggs – you will need 4 eggs.
- Key Lime zest
- Baking powder
- Lime juice – regular lime juice will also work if you do not have key lime.
How To Make Key Lime Bars
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix shortbread ingredients and press into baking dish.
- Bake the crust for 10 minutes
- Mix the key lime filling ingredients.
- Pour mixture onto the crust and return to oven to bake until set.
- Once the bars are cooled sprinkle with powder sugar and cut into squares.
- Top with key lime slices and enjoy!
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Key Lime Bars
These easy Key Lime Bars are so delicious with the perfect amount of tart and sweet. The ideal dessert for barbecues, picnics, and summer parties!
Servings: 12 bars
Ingredients
- 2 C flour
- 1/2 C powder sugar
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 eggs
- 2 C sugar
- 2 tsp Key Lime zest
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/3 C lime juice
- 1/4 C flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spay your 9×11 baking dish with pam spray
- In a large bowl, combine the 2 C of flour, 1/2 C powder sugar and salt
- Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut in the butter until the crust mixture looks like crumbs
- Pour the crust into the pan and pat evenly into the dish
- Bake the crust for 10 minutes
- While the crust is baking make the filling
- In another large bowl, whisk together the eggs, lime juice, 1/4 C flour, 2 C sugar, 2 tsp key lime zest, baking powder
- Whisk until fully incorporated
- Pour mixture onto the crust and return to oven and bake for 25 minutes or until set
- Once the bars are cooled sprinkle with powder sugar and cut into squares
- Top with key lime slices and enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 392kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 76mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 550IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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2 comments on “Easy Key Lime Bars”
This was my 1st time making anything key lime OR eating anything key lime., next time I best not wait so long.,these are THE BOMB!!! Thank You sooooo much !!! Perfect!!
So glad you loved them Teresa!