2 cup flour
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 cup butter
4 eggs
2 cup sugar
1 dash salt
1/3 cup lime juice
1 confectioner's sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour and powdered sugar; cut
in the butter. Press mixture into a 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake at 350
degrees F. for 20-25 minutes, or until golden.
Beat eggs at high speed with electric mixer until light and pale
yellow. Gradually add sugar, salt, then lime juice, continuing to
beat at high speed. Pour lime mixture over hot crust and return to
350 degree F. oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden. Sprinkle at
once with powdered sugar. Cool. Cut into bars.
NOTES:
* Delicious and caloric lime-flavored bar cookies. Yield: About 50.
: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 10 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking.
: Precision: measure the ingredients.
: Katherine Rives Albitz
: Hewlett-Packard, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
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: Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust
Servings: 4 dozen
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