📋 Gingerbread Lime Christmas Squares Recipe
Gingerbread and lime are a perfect pairing in these delicious gingerbread lime Christmas Squares. Green sparking sugar makes these lime squares extra festive for your holiday baking tray!
Servings 16 bars
Calories 276kcal
Ingredients
Base:
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- â…“ cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½  teaspoon ground ginger
- â…“ cup toffee bits I use Skor or Heath
Filling:
- 4 eggs beaten
- 1 ½ cups white granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon grated lime zest
- ½ cup fresh lime juice the juice of about 2 limes
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ½  teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ - ¾ teaspoon green food colouring, depending on how dark you want the green to be I use Wilton Kelly green icing color which I usually buy at Michael's Arts & Crafts
Garnish:
- Green Sparkling sugar sprinkled
- powdered sugar, sprinkled
Instructions
Base:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 X 13 pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Put base ingredients into food processor and mix until butter is evenly distributed and mixture clings together.
- Press dough into the bottom of baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 15- 18 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.
Filling:
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together eggs, white granulated sugar and lime juice.
- In another bowl mix flour and baking powder, then stir dry ingredients into lime mixture, along with the lime zest and green food coloring.
- Immediately pour over baked crust and bake in preheated oven for 20 -25 minutes until filling is set. Cool in pan on wire rack.
- Cut into squares, then cut those squares in half diagonally.
Topping : sprinkle on as much green sparkling sugar as desired.
Notes
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📋 Gingerbread Lime Christmas Squares Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 square)
Calories 276
Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 71mg24%
Sodium 55mg2%
Potassium 78mg2%
Carbohydrates 38g13%
Sugar 23g26%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 420IU8%
Vitamin C 2.3mg3%
Calcium 25mg3%
Iron 1.1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition
Serving: 1square | Calories: 276kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 55mg | Potassium: 78mg | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 420IU | Vitamin C: 2.3mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1.1mg