Easy Key Lime Bars

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By: Jill Mills Posted: May 18, 2017 Updated: Jun 9, 2022

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.

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• How To Make Key Lime Bars
• Other Lime Desserts You Will Love:
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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!

Other Lime Desserts You Will Love:

Key Lime Cookies

Homemade Key Lime Cake

Key Lime Cheesecake

Easy Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Bundt Cake

5 from 3 votes

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

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 35 minutes mins

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 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!

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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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