Key Lime Bars

Since going to a tropical locale is not happening anytime soon, I decided to bring the tropics to me! Okay, so while it's not quite the same, I have to say that these little bars are fantastic! We love lemon bars so I was pretty sure these would go over well, too. IT Guy is a coconut nut so the crunch of the toasted coconut really brought it home for him! Really yummy, guys!

Key Lime Bars



1 cup shredded coconut ~ divided use
3/4 cup butter ~ cold, cut into 12 pieces
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
3 eggs + 2 egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup Key Lime juice
zest of 3 limes
1 1/2 cups sugar

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with a piece of parchment paper then spray the paper.

Place all of coconut onto a rimmed cookie sheet and toast for 5 -10 minutes until golden brown. Watch it so it doesn't burn. Nothing worse than burned coconut!!!

In a medium bowl, place cold butter, powdered sugar, flour and 1/2 cup toasted coconut. Cut mixture together with a pastry cutter (or use a food processor) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Press mixture into prepared pan.

Bake for 15 minutes.

Mix together eggs, yolks, salt, Key Lime juice, zest and sugar until well blended. Pour over partially baked crust.

Return to the oven and bake for 15 minutes.

Top with remaining coconut and continue baking for 10 more minutes.

Cool then cut into bars.

Our cast of characters.

Toast the coconut!

Combine the butter, flour, powdered 

sugar and half the coconut in a medium sized bowl.

Blend to make coarse crumbs.

Then press into your prepared 

pan and bake for 15 minutes.

Combine the eggs, yolks, sugar, 

key lime juice, zest and salt.

Pour over the partially baked crust 

and bake for another 15 minutes.

Then sprinkle the remaining coconut

 over the filling and bake another 10 minutes.

Cool completely before cutting.

So delicious!!