Lemongrass Bars With Coconut Shortbread Crust

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3 ounces coconut, sweet shredded
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, room temp
• 3 tablespoons butter, room temp
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 3 stalks lemongrass, minced (bottom 4 inches and tough outer layer removed)
• 5 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 eggs, large
• 1/4 cup flour
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 crust:.
• 3 butter 13x9x2 inch metal baking pan.
• 4 using electric mixer, beat flour, coconut, powdered sugar and salt in large bowl until well blended.
• 5 add butter and beat on low until moist clumps form.
• 6 press dough onto bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of the pan.
• 7 bake crust until golden (edges may be darker) -- about 25 minutes.
• 8 filling:.
• 9 place sugar and lemongrass in processor and pulse until lemongrass is finely ground. add lemon juice and process until well blended.
• 10 add eggs and process to blend.
• 11 add flour and pinch of salt -- pulse until smooth.
• 12 reduce oven to 325.
• 13 pour filling over hot crust and bake until filling is firm -- 22-23 minutes.
• 14 cool in pan on rack.
• 15 cut.
• 16 sprinkle with powdered sugar.