Lime Bars Recipe

Source:

AllRecipes.com

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 4 large eggs
• 1/3 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons great lime peel, or more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 drop green food coloring, or as desired
• For the glaze:
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon grated lime peel

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12x15-inch baking dish.
2. Mix 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, and salt in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry cutter until crust mixture resembles crumbs. Pat crust evenly into bottom of the prepared baking dish.
3. Bake crust in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
4. Whisk together:
   • eggs,
   • 1/3 cup lime juice,
   • 1/4 cup flour,
   • white sugar,
   • 2 teaspoon lime peel,
   • baking powder,
   • food coloring.
5. Pour the mix you just made over the crust.
6. Return baking dish to oven; bake until filling is set, about 25 minutes. Cool thoroughly.
7. Whisk the ingredients for the glaze together until it is smooth; spread evenly over cooled lime bars. Let glaze set before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

• 152.5 calories
• 1.6g protein
• 24.3g carbohydrates
• 5.8g fat
• 34.2mg cholesterol
• 83.5mg sodium