Lemon-Coconut Bars
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted, cooled
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon (packed) finely grated lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- 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.
- Gather dough into ball.
- Press dough evenly over bottom of prepared pan.
- Bake crust until golden at edges, about 25 minutes.
- Combine 3/4 cup sugar, eggs, lemon juice, lemon peel, flour, baking powder, and salt in processor.
- Blend filling until smooth.
- 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.
- 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.)
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lemon-coconut-bars-109406 (may not work)