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Lemon-Coconut Bars

  Crust:
    1 cup all purpose flour
    1/4 cup sugar
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    3/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut, toasted, cooled
    6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into
      1/2-inch cubes

  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.