Oh boy! These lemon bars are addictive. If I were you, I would wait until you are going to a social function to make these. You’ll get lots of compliments, and spare yourself the guilt of eating the whole batch. Here’s the recipe for the most delicious Lemon Bars…
If your kids like lemonade, they should really like these lemon bars.
They have the perfect balance of sweet and tart.
The bottom layer is a sweet coconut crust.
While the top is a tart lemon custard
Add powdered sugar, and you have a tart center with sweet all around it.
The perfect balance.
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PrintCoconut Lemon Bars {So Easy and So Good} | Kid Friendly Things To Do
A delicious old fashioned lemon bar.
- Yield: 3 dozen 1x
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 1 cup of coconut flakes
- 1 cup of butter softened
- 2 &1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
Top Layer:
- 4 eggs beaten
- 3 Tbsp. of lemonade powdered drink mix
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1/3 cup of lemon juice = or, about 4 squeezed fresh lemons
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
Topping:
- Powdered sugar for garnish
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, knead the coconut, butter, flour, and powdered sugar
- Press that down into an ungreased baking sheet
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until it is golden
- Meanwhile, mix the eggs, drink mix, sugar, lemon juice, and baking soda
- When the crust is done, pour the egg mixture the crust
- Pop that back into the oven for another 30-40 minutes
- After 30 minutes, check on the custard top. When the custard top is done it will still be quite moist. That’s ok. If it’s runny, stick it back in the oven to bake for another 5-10 minutes
- Let cool completely before slicing into bars
- Sprinkle the lemon dessert with powdered sugar
- Cut into bars
~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com
