Key Lime Bars

Name: Key Lime Bars
Yield: Makes sixteen 2-inch bars
Ingredients: 5 ounces (142 grams), animal crackers; 3 tablespoons, packed brown sugar (light or dark); pinch, table salt; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 2 ounces (57 grams), cream cheese, room temperature; 1 tablespoon, grated lime zest, minced; pinch, table salt; 1 , (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk; 1 , egg yolk; 1/2 cup, fresh lime juice, either Key lime or regular; 3/4 cup, sweetened shredded coconut, toasted until golden and crisp

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By Dawn Yanagihara ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2006, America's Test Kitchen TV

Our first cracks at transforming Key lime pie into a cookie left us with a thick, dry crust--and too much lime on our hands. We wanted to raise the bar.

SERVES Makes sixteen 2-inch bars

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 1 to 1½ hours cooling and 2 hours chilling

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