Marcie's Key Lime Bars

By mrsstein1

Dessert

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 30 vanilla wafers, crumbed
• 1.2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 3/4 cup cold butter,cubed
• Cream Cheese Layer:
• 1 package (8ounce) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons 2% milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Key Lime Layer:
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup key lime juice
• Additional powdered sugar to dust

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 60mins

Preparation

Step 1

In a food processor, combine the flour, wafers, powdered sugar and pecans; cover and process until nuts are fine. Add butter; cover and pulse until crumbly.
Press into ungreased 13 x 9 pan. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack.
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, milk and vanilla until blended; spread over crust to edges of pan. In another small bowl combine sugar and flour; whisk in eggs and lime juice gently pour over cheese layer.
Bake for 20 t0 25 minutes or until middle is set. Cool on wire rack. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until chilled. Cut into bars. Just before serving dust with additional powdered sugar.