Key Lime Pie Bars. These key lime pie bars are quick and easy to make. They're the perfect spring/summer dessert to serve at any gathering. Nobody wants to slave in the kitchen when the heat hits, these bars are your answer to a quick dessert. Key Lime Pie Bars

You can have Key Lime Pie Bars using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Key Lime Pie Bars
  1. Prepare of For the base:.
  2. You need 200 g of gluten free digestive biscuits.
  3. You need 100 g of dairy free dairy free spread, melted.
  4. Prepare of For the topping:.
  5. You need 120 g of cashew nuts.
  6. You need 240 g of coconut cream.
  7. You need 2 tablespoons of cornflour.
  8. Prepare 120 ml of fresh lime juice.
  9. You need 60 ml of maple syrup or honey.
  10. It’s of zest of one lime.

These key lime pie bars are a more portable version of the classic dessert that are just as delicious as the original. The crust for these bars is a simple mixture of graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. The crust is baked to golden brown perfection and then topped with a layer of ultra creamy key lime pie filling. Allow to cool before adding filling.

Key Lime Pie Bars step by step

  1. Preheat the oven to 150 oC.

  2. Crush the digestives into fine crumbs then stir in the melted dairy free spread.

  3. Line a 6″ by 6″ cake tine with tin foil Press the crumbs firmly into the base of the cake tin.

  4. Bake for 10 minutes.

  5. Place the cashew nuts, coconut cream, cornflour, lime juice, lime zest and maple syrup into a blender and blitz until smooth Pour over the crumb base and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.

  6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool Refrigerate for 4 hours then cut into 9 bars.

  7. I decorated mine with lime slices, some icing sugar and a sprinkle of extra lime zest.

Beat cream cheese in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in milk until smooth. Beat in lime juice and lime peel. With a creamy filling that is both tart and sweet and a coconut graham cracker crust, these Key Lime Pie Bars are the definition of summer in one perfect bite! These bars are easy to make and a great alternative to a traditional key lime pie.