Citrus squares

By pete

can be made day ahead - store tightly covered in the refrigerator.

1 square = 133 calories, 5 g fat

Ingredients

• SHORTBREAD:
• cooking spray
• 1/2 cup slivered blanched almonds
• 1/2 cup white whole-wheat or unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsifted powdered sugar
• 1/4 ts salt
• 4 tbl unsalted butter, cut into 8 chunks
• FOR FILLING:
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 ts salt
• 2 lemons
• 2 limes
• 2 lg eggs, lightly beaten

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 26mins

Preparation

Step 1

preheat over 325'
lightly coat an 8" square baking dish with cooking spray

To make shortbread:
put almonds in food processor and process for 30 seconds
add flour, powdered sugar, and salt and pulse 5 times to mix.
add butter and process for 10 -15 seconds or until no large chunks remain and mixtures is loose and sandy.
Transfer to baking dish and press firmly into base and edges until even. bake for 22 - 24 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

FILLING:
Combine sugar, flour, salt in large bowl finely zest lemons - about 2 teaspoon - zest 1 tea lime
squeeze 1/4 cup of juice from both lemon/lime, add to bowl along with eggs, whisk until smooth. pour filling over crust return dish to over and bake for 30-32 minutes or until center is set
cool completely on wire rack.
just before serving, cut into 16 squares and garnish each with lime thinly sliced crosswise and cut into alf circles. sift powdered sugar over squares.h