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Key Lime Bars with Macadamia Crust

Source of Recipe


From "What Can I Bring?" by Elizabeth Heiskell



List of Ingredients



• 2 cups (about 8½ ounces) all-purpose flour
  
• ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  
• â…” cup chopped macadamia nuts
  
• 3 ounces (6 tablespoons) butter, cubed
  
• ½ teaspoon salt
  
• ¾ cup granulated sugar
  
• ½ cup Key lime juice, plus 2 tablespoons
  
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
  
• 2½ cups whipping cream, whipped
  
• Garnish: lime zest (optional)
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
   Process the flour, brown sugar, nuts, butter, and salt in a food processor until finely ground. Press into a greased aluminum foil-lined 13x9-inch baking dish.
   
   
2. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
   Heat ¾ cup granulated sugar and ½ cup of the lime juice over low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and set aside.
   
   
3. Sprinkle the gelatin over the remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice in a medium bowl; stir gelatin mixture, and let stand 3 to 5 minutes.
   
   
4. Add the hot mixture to the gelatin mixture, stirring until the gelatin dissolves. Whisk in the sweetened condensed milk and 1 teaspoon lime zest. Place the bowl in a larger bowl filled with ice; whisk mixture 10 minutes or until partially set.
   
   
5. Fold in the whipped cream. Pour evenly over the prepared crust; cover and chill 8 hours. Cut into diamond shapes. Garnish with lime zest, if desired.
   
   
   Makes 24 bars