I made Lemon Coconut Bars for the Richmond Community Kitchen Open House. These Lemon Coconut Bars are ultra sweet and you should enjoy it only once in a blue moon. I thought it should be perfect for potluck where each person will only try a small piece.
The Lemon Coconut Bar is rich with coconut aroma and lemon flavour. The base of the bar is crispy while the top is chewy. It is a bit too sweet even for my sweet tooth. I would recommend to reduce the sugar by half a cup each for the crust and filing.
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 cup margarine, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar (I would recommend to reduce by 1/2 cup)
- 2 cups flour
Filings:
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- grated lemon rinds from two lemons
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar (I would recommend to reduce by 1/2 cup)
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
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Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F.
 For the crust, mix margarine, powdered sugar and flour in a large bowl. |
 Spread the crust mixture in a 15″ x 10″ jelly roll pan. I use a baking sheet which is too shallow for this recipe. I believe the jelly roll pan has a higher edge, is that right?
Bake at 350F for 15 minutes or until pale tan. Cool on rack. |
 Grate the lemon zest from two lemons. Roll the lemon with your palm first before you zest the lemon so that it’s easier to juice the lemon later. |
 Squeeze the lemon juice from the zested lemon. I find the tong helps to extract more juice as I do not have strong hands. |
 Beat the eggs well. |
 Mix the remaining ingredients with the egg mixtures. |
 Pour the filing mixtures over the cooled crust.
Bake in a 350F for 25 minutes. |
 Cool and cut into bars.
This recipe yields 36 bars or more, depending on the size you divide the bars. |
haven’t tried it, but looks good 🙂
I just came across the chowtimes.com site last night and thought I’d try the Lemon Coconut Bars. I see no baking powder in the list of ingredients but see a jar of baking powder in the photo of the ingredients. Should the recipe have baking powder? If so how much?
Hi Jan Pellikka, thanks for pointing it out, I missed out the 1 teaspoon of baking powder in the filing.