Key Lime Yogurt Bars Recipes

KEY LIME BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a food processor, combine flour, wafers, confectioners' sugar and pecans; cover and process until nuts are fine. Add butter; cover and pulse until crumbly., Press into an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack., In a small bowl, beat 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 cream cheese layer., Bake 20-25 minutes longer or until filling is set. Cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chilled. Cut into bars. Just before serving, sprinkle with additional confectioners' sugar.

KEY LIME BARS

Steps:

• Make crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a small bowl. Press evenly onto bottom of an 8-inch square glass baking dish. Bake until dry and golden brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. (Leave oven on.)
• Make filling: Put egg yolks and lime zest in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Mix on high speed until very thick, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to medium. Add condensed milk in a slow, steady stream, mixing constantly. Raise speed to high; mix until thick, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add lime juice; mix until just combined.
• Spread filling evenly over crust using a spatula. Bake, rotating dish halfway through, until filling is just set, about 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate at least 4 hours (or overnight).
• Cut into 2-by-2-inch bars. Put cream in the clean bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the clean whisk attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Garnish bars with whipped cream and a slice of lime.

KEY LIME YOGURT BARS (SPLENDA)

Steps:

• Spray an 8" X 8" baking dish with cooking spray.
• Crush graham crackers (reserving 2 tablespoons).
• Combine crumbs with 1/4 cup Splenda, cinnamon and margarine, mixing well.
• Press mixture onto bottom of baking dish.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups Splenda and lime juice in a heavy saucepan and bring mixture to a boil.
• Reduce heat and cook about 5 minutes or until the mixture is reduced by half.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Stir yogurt into saucepan and fold in whipped topping.
• Spoon mixture over graham cracker crust and sprinkle with reserved crumbs.
• Cover and freeze at least 4 hours or until firm.
• Let stand at room temperature before cutting.