Texas Pink Grapefruit Bars

Name: Texas Pink Grapefruit Bars
Yield: Makes 16 bars
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups (6⅔ ounces; 189 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup packed (2⅓ ounces; 66 grams), light brown sugar; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cardamom; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces; 4 , large eggs; 1 1/4 cups (8¾ ounces; 248 grams), granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons, grated zest plus ⅔ cup juice from 1 large pink grapefruit; 2 teaspoons, grated lime zest plus 1 tablespoon juice from 1 lime; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 3 drops, red food coloring (optional); , Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2007

Desserts or Baked Goods

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Similar to lemon squares, these bars have a Texas twist to them.

SERVESMakes 16 bars

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling and 4 hours chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

These grapefruit bars put a Texas twist on a traditional lemon square recipe. Adding ground cardamom to the crust of these Texas Pink Grapefruit Bars recipe enhanced the overall citrus flavor of the bar. And to easily remove the grapefruit ...

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