I’ve wanted to make some lime bars for awhile now. The craving came when I was talking to the gal at our local flour mill. She was selling me some flour and she mentioned a coconut lime bar. I was all excited to start baking and make a shortbread crust using my new coconut flour. But… the final product was horrible. HORRIBLE!
Seriously, how can butter, powdered sugar, and coconut flour = disaster? I don’t get it. But as I was dumping the whole mess in the garbage, I remembered I had some biscotti crust left over in the freezer. It was from the biscotti crust from my Chevre Cheesecake Appetizers we had at our Foodbuz 24 24 24 Wine Dinner.
PERFECT. It saved the day!
I made a batch of lime bars in my new bar pan and I was lucky I got a picture of the last bar. They were gone in a flash of an eye.
Yes, that good!
With more limes begging to be use, and more crust in the freezer, I had to make these cute little tarts.
I was short a little bit of lime juice, so I added the juice of one big lemon. Hence the name, Lemon Lime Tarts!
These are so quick, so good, and so refreshing, Sweet crust paired with tart filling, just thinking about them makes me pucker!
Bake some today. You’ll be glad you did!
Lemon Lime Tarts
Crust
6 ounces soft butter
1-1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup biscotti crumbs
1/2 cup ground walnuts
For the filling:
2 large egg yolks
1-14 oz. can fat free sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup lime and lemon juice
1 tsp lemon or lime zest
Heat the oven to 350F,
Place butter, confectioner’s sugar, flour, walnuts and biscotti crumbs in a 5-quart mixing bowl with a paddle attachment. Beat on low speed until ingredients are incorporated. Do not over mix.
Press the dough into pan, being careful to press the dough evenly on the bottom and sides of pan.
Whisk egg yolks, sweetened condenced milk, and juice till well mixed. Pour into prepared crust and bake 15 minutes or till set. Cool completely.
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Yea!!! I was able to finally get on.
These lemon lime tarts look beautiful.. and I know what you mean about capturing pictures, there are times I make foods solely for the photo’s.. but my kids always seem to find there way around the trays.
Good job to keep it going to get it right! Love the looks of the little tart. I will try to do some baking over the weekend, hubby’s out of town!
Seriously… my mouth is watering.
ha ha. Channon stole my line….but it is true, my mouth is literally watering!
These are gorgeous! I’d love to try one:)
Goodness, we’re all lemon and/or lime sourpusses this week! I love everything about your tart recipe here. So pretty, so ingenious, and with the perfect filling. Great photos too!
Those look de-lish and beautiful!
They look wonderful, I could imagine how delicious it taste, sweet and tangy together. Love the plate!
I have been so in the mood for something like these tarts. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful! “LIME” is my middle name, well, SuziLime. Anyhoo, that blackberry on top is enough to send me over the edge. These look like a perfect summer treat to make on our upcoming RV trip. Can’t wait to taste them!!!
Beautiful tarts! And lime is one of my favorite flavors. Looks like a great, refreshing summery treat.
oh my goodness gracious, those are absolutely beautiful! i can’t think of a better spring treat!
Lovely tarts, very refreshing with lemon and lime flavor!
You certainly do know how to turn a disaster around. These lemon-lime tarts are singing to me. And lo and behold – I found some frozen biscotti in the freezer from the winter. These tarts are my destiny.
You know we love lime treats-these tarts are incredible!
I made some lime bars for Mother’s Day, but with this biscotti crust they would have been even better!
ooo what a fun use of biscotti crumbs! I bet it tasted delicious
This sounds lovely! And I’m loving your beautiful cake plate!! Makes a beautiful display
So pretty! And a great use of your leftover biscotti! Love limes, and I don’t bake with them nearly often enough.
What pretty little tarts! Good idea to use the biscotti as a crust. Sorry about your disaster.
That is a seriously beautiful tart and also I’m coveting the gorgeous dish it’s on. It looks like Mackenzie Childs! Great recipe for the summer.
What a gorgeous presentation! I love the idea of a biscotti crust. YUM!
Your blog is wonderful, Megan. Thanks to you visiting me and leaving a comment I was able to find you. I can’t wait to explore your posts. These lemon lime tarts look fantastic.
They’re so cute!
Once again, these look just scrumptious! You are so good at this.
Heather, coveting is a sin FYI. But I’m with you…
Yum! Now you have me craving lime bars… I’ll have to make some this weekend… Or perhaps these tarts. They are so cute!
This is my favorite kind of dessert. Okay, one of my favorite kinds of desserts. How fun to have a new pan. It looks scrumptious. I was expecting croquembouche??
SOrry about that other crust but so glad it led to these beauties! We love puckery desserts so thank you!
Hope you have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!
~ingrid