Lemon Coconut Squares

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 4 ounces butter
• 8 ounces milk arrowroot biscuits, finely crushed (a plain sweet cookie)
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 3/4 cups icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 ounce butter
• 2 tablespoons coconut

Recipe

• 1 put condensed milk and butter in a small pan, stir over gentle heat until butter has melted and mixture is combined.
• 2 add lemon rind and coconut to biscuit crumbs, mix well.
• 3 add butter and milk mixture to crumb mixture, mix together well with your hands.
• 4 press into a greased lamington tray (11in x 7in).
• 5 refrigerate 1 hour.
• 6 ice with lemon icing, sprinkle with coconut.
• 7 when the icing has set, cut into squares.
• 8 lemon icing: combine sifted icing sugar, lemon juice and soft butter in a bowl.
• 9 mix well to make a smooth icing.