Coconut Lemon Bars

Sunday, June 26, 2011

You're hooked already huh? I know I was too. Figures I start with a dessert.

Recipe
1 1/2c flour
1/2c powdered sugar
3/4c cold butter
4 eggs
1 1/4c sugar
3/4c lemon juice
1tsp baking powder
zest from 1 lemon
1c flaked coconut divided

This is easy peasy. Take the flour, the powdered sugar, 1/4c of the flaked coconut and the cut up cold butter and mix them together. Not in a mixer, no need to get fancy. Use your hands or if you must a pastry cutter. When it's nice and crumbly stick it in a 9x9 pan and press it down. Let it cook at 350 for 15 minutes.

While that is getting it's yum on mix the eggs, sugar, lemon juice and baking powder together. I used my Kitchen Aid and whisked it for a few minutes until it was creamy goodness.
Let me stop here for a moment and say a word about lemon juice. Just juice your lemons yourself. Go buy a bag of lemons and juice them. Get out your frustrations on those little globes of sunshine. For the love of all that is good and holy do NOT use bottled lemon juice. It doesn't compare and you're cheating yourself and lemon growers everywhere if you do.
If I can do it you can do it.

Okay now your crust is beeping at you. Take it out and pour the lemon concoction on top. Set your timer for 15 minutes and bake away at 350. When the timer dings don't turn the oven off. Sprinkle the rest of your shredded coconut on the top and let it bake another 10 minutes.

Pull it out and try to hold yourself back. The more you let them cool the better they will set up for you. If you cant wait, like me, grab a fork because they will be a little gooey. If your family doesn't devour them and you let them cool they will be barish (that's a word right?).

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