Key Lime Bars

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"I love lime and these are tasty. For a triple lime zap mix confectioners sugar with more key lime juice and drizzle on the cooled bars before you dust with confectioners sugar."

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photo by Billy Green

Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 12-18 bars

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
³⁄₄ cup butter, room temp
¹⁄₂ cup confectioners' sugar
2 cups sugar
¹⁄₂ cup key lime juice
4 large eggs
lime zest (, no white please)
confectioners' sugar (for dusting)

directions

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Mix together 1 1/4 cups flour, graham cracker crumbs, butter and confectioners sugar to form a soft dough.
Press the dough into an ungreased 13x9x2 inch baking pan and bake until lightly browned, about 20 to 25 minutes.
While the crust is baking, beat together the sugar, lime juice, remaining 1/4 cup flour, eggs, and lime peel until well mixed.
Pour over the hot crust and return the pan to the oven.
Bake until set, around 20 minutes or so.
Cool on a wire rack and then cut into bars.
Dust with confectioners sugar.
These freeze well.

Questions & Replies

Once the bars cool, do they have t be refrigerated?

Marlene H.
Taking much more than 1 sheet to print. The double spacing makes it longer, Is there another way to print rather than using a reduced image size? Thank you!

Barbara H.

Reviews

Shazam!! These are outstanding. They have a killer lime flavor. I drizzled with lime-powdered sugar glaze as you suggested. That is definitely the way to go. Very addicting. These have a perfect sweet-tart flavor. Thanks Diana. My whole family enjoyed these.

FruitLoop
Oh yeah!! Major pucker power here. I made these for the holiday festivities. I did as you suggested and topped with powdered sugar/lime glaze before dusting with powdered sugar. AWESOME!! Big hit with my family and guests. Thanks.

Sunflower
Diana, I couldn't give this recipe anything less than 5 stars! A truly delicious treat with every scrumptious bite! This recipe is very close to my own Lemon Squares. If I were to add 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut to the crust, I'm not sure I could tell the difference in taste! Thanks for a real winner, Diana!

Bev I Am
I made these delicious key lime bars to take to a bridal shower I was helping to host. Pure heaven is how I would describe the taste. I used the zest of one whole lime, too, and it turned out perfect. A hit with the shower-goers and I saved a few for my family to enjoy. Great sweet-tart flavor that puts a spring in your step. Thanks.

Lillian Martinez
These bars are delicious. I am fortunate to have a bottle of key lime juice in my fridge right now, and this recipe was an excellent use for some of it. I would like to point out the amount of flour in the ingredients is a divided amount, so that no-one else tries to gently spoon graham cracker crumbs out of their mixing bowl so they can remove the 1/4 flour that shouldn't have gone in. Um, like I did! LOL Also, I wasn't sure on the amount of lime zest to use, so I used all the zest off of 1 lime, which I think worked well. These were polished off at a family function, even by those who were supposedly on a no-carb diet. Thanks, Di!

Lennie