Key Lime Bars with Macadamia Crust |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar |
2/3 cup chopped macadamias |
6 tablespoons butter, cubed |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
3/4 cup sugar |
1/2 cup key lime juice |
1 envelope unflavored gelatin |
2 tablespoons key lime juice |
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk |
1 teaspoon grated lime rind |
2 1/2 cups whipping cream,whipped |
garnish: grated lime rind |
Directions:
1. Process flour and next 4 ingredients in a food processor until finely ground. Press mixture into a greased aluminum foil-lined 13- x 9-inch pan.
2. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
3. Heat 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup lime juice over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and set aside.
4. Sprinkle gelatin over 2 tablespoons lime juice in a medium bowl; stir gelatin mixture, and let stand 3 to 5 minutes.
5. Add hot mixture, stirring until gelatin dissolves. Whisk in sweetened condensed milk and grated lime rind.
6. Place bowl in a larger bowl filled with ice; whisk mixture 10 minutes or until partially set.
7. Fold in whipped cream. Pour evenly over prepared crust; cover and chill 8 hours. Cut into diamond shapes. Garnish, if desired.
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