Coconut-Lime Dream Bites

Name: Coconut-Lime Dream Bites
Yield: Makes 15 bars
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups (6 2/3 ounces/189 grams), cake flour, sifted; 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounce/50 grams), granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 11 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 1 cup packed (7 ounces/198 grams), light brown sugar; 4 large, eggs; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 teaspoon, baking powder; 1 cup, sweetened shredded coconut; 1 cup, walnuts, toasted and chopped; 4 teaspoons, grated lime zest plus 1/4 cup juice (2 limes); 1 tablespoon, granulated sugar; 2 cups (8 ounces/227 grams), confectioners' sugar, sifted

Desserts or Baked Goods
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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2012

This holiday season, indulge in these gooey dream bars with a coconut-lime twist.

SERVES Makes 15 bars

TIME 1½ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

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