Coconut Lime Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan; line with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Butter parchment. In a large bowl, whisk butter, brown sugar, and 1/3 cup granulated sugar. Add 1 egg; whisk until smooth. Stir in 1 cup flour, salt, nuts, and lime zest. Spread batter in pan. Bake until top is set and very light golden, 15 to 18 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together 2/3 cup granulated sugar, 2 eggs, and vanilla. Reserve 1/2 cup coconut; stir remaining coconut and 1 cup flour into egg mixture. Gently spread over base; top with reserved coconut. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 25 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Using parchment, lift cake from pan and cut into 24 bars.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Combine the butter, salt, powdered sugar and 2 cups of flour.
• In a large bowl, mixing to make a soft dough.
• Press evenly into an ungreased 13 x 9" baking pan.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or golden brown.
• In a mixing bowl, combine eggs, lime zest, sugar and remaining 1/4 cup of flour in a bowl, blend till smooth.
• Spoon over the crust.
• Sprinkle the coconut over the lime mixture.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 325°.
• Bake for another 25 minutes or until firm.
• Cool on wire rack about 1 hour and then cut into bars.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Combine almond flour, sweetener, coconut flour, lime zest, and salt in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly. Cut in butter with a fork until combined and no lumps remain. Press crust mixture down into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Set aside.
• Whisk lime juice, coconut milk, sweetener, butter, and zest in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Mix until sweetener is dissolved; do not let boil. Add beaten eggs slowly, a little at a time, whisking constantly until mixture is foamy and airy and starts to thicken, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove filling mixture from heat and spread evenly over the crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is set in the middle, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Toast shredded coconut in a small skillet over medium heat until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Sprinkle coconut and lime zest topping over the bars. Let cool and refrigerate completely before cutting into bars.

Steps:

• Spray a 9-by-9-inch pan with cooking spray and line with two overlapping sheets of parchment paper to create overhang on all sides.
• Combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Place the shredded coconut in a small skillet and toast over medium heat for about 3 minutes, tossing often, until light golden brown. Add half the coconut to the bowl with the graham cracker crumbs, reserving the other half for later.
• Add the coconut oil to the graham cracker crumb mixture and toss with your hands until the crumbs are evenly moistened. Transfer to the prepared pan and press into an even layer, packing the crust lightly with the bottom of a measuring cup. Freeze for 30 to 45 minutes, until the crust is firm to the touch.
• Meanwhile, allow the ice cream to sit at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes, until slightly softened. Spoon the ice cream into a large mixing bowl and add the zest of 1 lime, the lime juice, the reserved toasted shredded coconut and a pinch of salt. Working quickly, mix with a spatula until combined and smooth.
• Scrape the mixture onto the frozen crust and spread into an even layer using an offset spatula.
• Cover the pan with plastic wrap and freeze until firm, at least 3 hours, or overnight.
• To serve, lift the overhanging parchment paper to remove the bars and place on a cutting board. Zest the remaining lime over the bars, cut into squares and serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the flour, confectioners' sugar, nuts and lime zest; cover and process until nuts are finely chopped. Add the butter; pulse just until mixture is crumbly., Press into an 8x4-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20-22 minutes or until golden brown. , In a small bowl, whisk the egg, sugar, coconut, lime juice, flour, lime zest and baking powder until blended. Pour over hot crust. Bake 20-22 minutes longer or until light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Combine the coconut, 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 tbsp cornstarch and butter and mix until a crumbly dough is formed. Press fimly into a greased 8x8" pan. Bake just unil golden, about 12 minutes.
• Sift together the granulated sugar, the remaining 1 tbsp cornstarch and 2 tbsp of flour.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, lime zest, lime juice and vanilla. Slowly pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture, whisking to avoid lumps. POur the filling over the baked crust.
• Bake until the lime curd is set in the center, about 22 minutes. Cool completeley in the refrigeratr, about 2 hours. Cut into 16 bars and dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F Line a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick foil, folding up and over the edges. In a bowl mix together butter & brown sugar. Add flour, 1/2 lime zest, coconut and salt. Mix well. Press mixture into pan and bake for 10 minutes. When you remove crust from oven, top with premade lime curd, spread evenly over crust. Bake for 20 more minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely. Refrigerate for 1 - 2 hours until set. Top with powdered sugar. Cut into bars and top each slice with a lime slice.

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. and butter and flour an 8-inch square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a bowl blend together with fingertips flour, butter, coconut, confectioners' sugar, and salt until mixture resembles coarse meal. Pat mixture into prepared pan and bake in middle of oven 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300°F.
• Make custard:
• In a bowl whisk together eggs and granulated sugar until combined well and stir in flour, lime juice, and zest.
• Pour mixture over crust and bake in middle of oven 20 minutes. Top custard with coconut and bake 5 to 10 minutes more, or until just set. Cool confection in pan on a rack and chill 1 hour.