April 11, 2020–No, I do not own stock in America’s Test Kitchen (ATK). They just have great recipes so I’m always using them. I bought some limes from COSTCO in order to make gin/vodka gimlets. Unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, I had a lot of limes. Before they went bad I decided to zest and juice all of them. The zest went into a bottle and I froze the zest. Now what to do with this large volume of product? Looking through my many cookbooks, but mainly ATK, I found this quick and easy recipe. I had everything but the animal crackers. I thought about just using graham crackers but when ATK makes a recommendation there is science behind it so off to the store I went. You’re basically making a crust using animal crackers, brown sugar, butter, and salt to support the lime filling. Bake the cost at 325 degrees for 15-18 minutes until it is golden brown.
While the crust is baking and cooling you make the filling. In a bowl, stir cream cheese, lime zest, and salt with rubber spatula until thoroughly combined. Add sweetened condensed milk and whisk vigorously until no lumps remain; whisk in eggs. Add lime juice and whisk until incorporated.
Pour filling into the cooled crust.
Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Cover with foil and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 2 hours. Loosen edges with paring knife and lift bar from baking pan using foil extensions; cut bars
They’re small so I’ll have one plate, please.
