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Lemon-Coconut Bars

Source of Recipe


From "Bon Appétit: A Year of Celebrations"



List of Ingredients



• -- Crust --
  
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
  
• ¼ cup sugar
  
• ¼ tsp salt
  
• ¾ cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted, cooled
  
• 6 Tbsp (¾ stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes
  
• .
  
• -- Filling --
  
• ¾ cup sugar
  
• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
  
• 1 Tbsp (packed) finely grated lemon peel
  
• 1 tsp all-purpose flour
  
• ½ tsp baking powder
  
• Pinch of salt
  
• ¼ cup powdered sugar
  






Instructions



1. For crust:
   Preheat oven to 350° F. Line 8x8x2-inch metal baking pan with foil, leaving overhang. Butter foil. Combine flour, sugar and salt in processor; blend 5 seconds. Add coconut and butter; process until mixture resembles fine meal and begins to clump together.
   
   
2. Gather dough into ball. Press dough evenly over bottom of prepared pan. Bake crust until golden at edges, about 25 minutes.
   
   
3. Meanwhile, prepare filling:
   Combine ¾ cup sugar, eggs, lemon juice, lemon peel, flour, baking powder and salt in processor. Blend filling until smooth.
   
   
4. Remove crust from oven. Pour filling evenly over hot crust. Return to oven, and bake until filling begins to brown at edges and is just set and springy to touch in center, about 30 minutes. Transfer pan to rack; cool lemon bars completely.
   
   
5. Using foil as aid, transfer lemon bars to work surface. Flatten foil edges. Cut into 16 bars. Sift powdered sugar over. (Can be made 5 days ahead. Store airtight in single layer in refrigerator.)
   
   Makes 16 bars.