Lime squares
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | cup | Butter; softened |
| ½ | cup | Pecans; chopped |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Lime juice |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grated lime rind* |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| Powdered sugar (optional) | ||
Directions
Combine 1 cup flour, butter, pecans, and ¼ cup sugar; mix until crumbly, using a pastry blender. Press into a greased and floured 12x8-inch baking pan. bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Beat eggs with a fork, adding lime juice, rind, 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and baking powder. pour mixture over crust. Bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired. Yield: about 3½ dozen. *can use 1 to 1 ½ tablespoons grated lime rind.
NOTES : Submitted by Mrs. E. L. McMath, Jacksonville, Florida.
Recipe by: Southern Living 1979 Annual Recipes Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #836 by NGavlak@... on Oct 10, 1997