Margarita Bars

Margarita Bars are tart and sweet with a buttery flaky crust.

This may look like the Lemon Bars you’ve had over and over again, but believe you me, they are not the same! These babies pack quite a punch! You see I have been doing the Spiked Recipe Challenge with This Gal Cooks and Frugal Foodie Mama. Basically, you throw some booze in a creative recipe and try to win. Now, winning or bragging rights, is the important thing to me. But, you also get cool retail space on the hosts’ blogs if you win!  I’m down with that too. This month the task was to cook with tequila! Now, tequila and I had a bad fight a couple of months ago so she’s not invited back to cocktails for a while. She can come to the food party though…

So I made these Margarita Bars! I mean lime just goes with tequila, right? Natural choice. In face, I came up with several recipes using tequila and lime. You’ll probably be seeing some of them on the blog soon.

But enough talk… let’s get to this beautiful, tangy, sweet Margarita Bars BOOM! BOOM!!

Margarita Bars

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Margarita Bars

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

35 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

Margarita Bars are sweet and tart lime bars with a buttery and flaky crust

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American/Southern

Keyword: bars, dessert

Servings: 9 servings

Calories: 242 kcal

Author: Paula Jones

Ingredients

Crust:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Topping:

• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 2 Tablespoon tequila
• 1 Tablespoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• confectioners' sugar for dusting top

Instructions

1. Combine crust ingredients in food processor. Mix until resembles wet sand. Pat into a 8 inch square baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake crust at 375 degrees 12 to 15 minutes. It will not brown.
2. Meanwhile, for topping, combine sugar, eggs, flour, lime, tequila, lime zest, baking powder and salt. In an electric mixer, mix until frothy; pour over crust. Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Dust with confectioners sugar.

Nutrition Facts

Margarita Bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 242 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8g 12%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 64mg 21%

Sodium 143mg 6%

Potassium 54mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 37g 12%

Sugars 25g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 5.6%

Vitamin C 0.6%

Calcium 2.1%

Iron 5.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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