Make delicious Key Lime Dessert Squares from Lulu’s Kitchen cookbook. Lulu’s Kitchen is Lucy Buffett’s new recipe guide to classic Southern coastal dishes and is packed with more than 120 great recipes from her famous Gulf Coast restaurant, LuLu’s, and her fabulous cookbook is the next best thing to being there. Tucked inside are humorous stories and plenty of wit and wisdom from Lucy’s own kitchen. If you love key lime pies, then you will love this recipe. Awesome southern cooking with fabulous dessert recipes.
Using a mini-food processor, chop almonds into a coarse meal.
In a large mixing bowl or food processor, combine almonds, butter, flour, 1 tablespoon confectioner’s sugar and almond extract.
Blend into a thick pastry and pat into the bottom of a well greased 8×12 baking dish. Mix thoroughly.
Pour key lime filling over partially baked crust and return to the oven.
Bake 30 minutes or until key lime filling sets.
Remove from oven and cool.
Sift remaining confectioner’s sugar on the top and cut into squares.
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LuLu’s Kitchen: A Taste of the Gulf Coast Good Life
