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Filling:
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon (packed) finely grated
lemon peel
1 teaspoon all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup powdered sugar
For crust: Preheat oven to 350F. Line 8x8x2-inch
metal baking pan
with foil, leaving overhang. Butter foil. Combine
flour, sugar, and
salt in processor; blend 5 seconds. Add coconut
and butter; process
until mixture resembles fine meal and begins to
clump together.
Gather dough into ball. Press dough evenly over
bottom of prepared
pan. Bake crust until golden at edges, about 25
minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare filling: Combine 3/4 cup sugar,
eggs, lemon
juice, lemon peel, flour, baking powder, and salt
in processor. Blend
filling until smooth.
Remove crust from oven. Pour filling evenly over
hot crust. Return
to oven and bake until filling begins to brown
at edges and is just
set and springy to touch in center, about 30 minutes.
Transfer pan to
rack; cool lemon bars completely.
Using foil as aid, transfer lemon bars to work
surface. Flatten foil
edges. Cut into 16 bars. Sift powdered sugar over.