Title: Lime Squares
Categories: Cake Cookie Dessert
Yield: 1 Servings

1	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	c	Butter; softened
1/2	c	Pecans; chopped
1/4	c	Sugar
2		Eggs
2	tb	Lime juice
1	tb	Grated lime rind*
1	c	Sugar
2	tb	All-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Baking powder
		Powdered sugar (optional)

Combine 1 cup flour, butter, pecans, and 1/4 cup sugar; mix until crumbly, using a pastry blender. Press into a greased and floured 12x8-inch baking pan. bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Beat eggs with a fork, adding lime juice, rind, 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and baking powder. pour mixture over crust. Bake an additional 25 minutes. Cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired. Yield: about 3 1/2 dozen. *can use 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons grated lime rind.

NOTES : Submitted by Mrs. E. L. McMath, Jacksonville, Florida. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #7 by KDYJ46A JERRY GILBERT Time: 7:03 PM on Sep 21, 1997

Recipe by: Southern Living 1979 Annual Recipes

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