Lemon Coconut Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sweetened coconut, flaked, toasted
• 6 tablespoons butter, chilled and cut into pieces
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon peel, grated
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 to make the crust:
• 2 preheat oven to 350-degrees f.
• 3 line an 8x8-inch pan with foil. butter foil and set aside.
• 4 combine flour, sugar and salt in food processor and process for 3 seconds.
• 5 add coconut and butter and process until mixture resembles meal and starts to clump together. gather dough in a ball.
• 6 press dough in prepared pan.
• 7 bake for 25-30 minutes.
• 8 prepare filling while crust is cooking.
• 9 in a food processor combine 3/4 cup sugar, eggs, lemon juice and peel, flour, baking powder and salt together and blend until smooth.
• 10 remove crust from oven. pour filling over crust.
• 11 return to oven and bake for 30 minutes or until filling is set and springs back when touched in the center.
• 12 transfer to rack and let cool.
• 13 cut into 16 bars and sift powdered sugar over bars.