Key Lime Cookie Bars
Ingredients
At a glance
Bar cookies and squares
Makes
42 bars
- Crust:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small bits
- 3 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening, cut into small bits
- 4 to 5 tablespoons ice water
- Filling:
- 1/2 cup Key lime juice (preferably fresh)
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- Meringue:
- 3 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon Key lime juice
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
Steps
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
To make the crust: Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. (Or, mix in a food processor.) Add butter and vegetable shortening and cut into dry ingredients to make a uniformly crumbly mixture. Add enough ice water to make a dough that clings together (or forms a ball around the blade, if you�re using a food processor).
Lightly pat dough evenly into an ungreased 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Prick dough all over with a fork. Bake in the center of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until a light golden color.
While crust bakes, make filling: Whisk together lime juice, egg yolks, and condensed milk until smooth.
Remove crust from oven. Turn oven temperature down to 350 degrees F.
Pour filling evenly over hot crust. Return to oven for another 7 to 8 minutes, just until filling is set.
Meanwhile, make meringue: Beat egg whites with lime juice until foamy, then gradually beat in sugar. Continue beating on high speed until meringue forms stiff, glossy peaks.
Remove lime bars from oven and spread meringue evenly over the top. Return to oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until meringue is a light golden color.
Let cool in pan, then cut into bars.
To make the crust: Whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. (Or, mix in a food processor.) Add butter and vegetable shortening and cut into dry ingredients to make a uniformly crumbly mixture. Add enough ice water to make a dough that clings together (or forms a ball around the blade, if you�re using a food processor).
Lightly pat dough evenly into an ungreased 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Prick dough all over with a fork. Bake in the center of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until a light golden color.
While crust bakes, make filling: Whisk together lime juice, egg yolks, and condensed milk until smooth.
Remove crust from oven. Turn oven temperature down to 350 degrees F.
Pour filling evenly over hot crust. Return to oven for another 7 to 8 minutes, just until filling is set.
Meanwhile, make meringue: Beat egg whites with lime juice until foamy, then gradually beat in sugar. Continue beating on high speed until meringue forms stiff, glossy peaks.
Remove lime bars from oven and spread meringue evenly over the top. Return to oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until meringue is a light golden color.
Let cool in pan, then cut into bars.
Additional tips
Store: In single layers on plates, wrapped loosely with foil
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