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Key Lime Bars with Macadamia Crust




Source of Recipe


Southern Living 11/99






List of Ingredients



• 2 cups flour
  
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  
• 2/3 cup chopped macadamias
  
• 6 T butter, cubed
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 1/2 cup Key lime juice
  
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  
• 2 T Key lime juice
  
• 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  
• 1 tsp grated lime rind
  
• 2 1/2 cups whipping cream, whipped
  






Instructions



1. Process flour and next 4 ingredients in a food processor until finely ground. Press mixture into a greased aluminum foil-lined 13x9-inch pan.
   
2. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
   
3. Heat 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup lime juice over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and set aside.
   
4. Sprinkle gelatin over 2 T lime juice in a medium bowl; stir gelatin mixture, and let stand 3 to 5 minutes.
   
5. Add hot mixture, stirring until gelatin dissolves. Whisk in sweetened condensed milk and grated lime rind.
   
6. Place bowl in a larger bowl filled with ice; whisk mixture 10 minutes or until partially set.
   
7. Fold in whipped cream. Pour evenly over prepared crust; cover and chill 8 hours. Cut into diamond shapes. Garnish, if desired.
   






Final Comments


Yield: 24 bars