Recipe - Lime Squares

1 cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Butter; softened
One half cup Pecans; chopped
One fourth cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 tablespoon Lime juice
1 tablespoon Grated lime rind*
1 cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Baking powder
Powdered sugar (optional)

Combine 1 cup flour, butter, pecans, and One fourth cup sugar; mix until crumbly,
using a pastry blender. Press into a greased and floured 12x8inch 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 One half dozen. *can use 1 to 1 1/2
tablespoons grated lime rind.

NOTES : Submitted by Mrs. E. L. McMath, Jacksonville, Florida.

Recipe by: Southern Living 1979 Annual Recipes

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #836 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 10, 1997