Lemon slice

Serves:

Ingredients

• 200g Marie or Arrowroot biscuits
• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 3/4 cup condensed milk
• 100g butter melted
• rind of one lemon, finely grated

Icing

• 2 cups icing sugar, sifted
• juice of one lemon
• 40g butter softened

Method

Line a 21cm x 16 cm slice tin with baking paper and set aside.

Place biscuits, coconut, condensed milk, butter and lemon rind in a food processor. Pulse until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Press the mixture into the slice tin.

To make the icing, using a mixer, beat the butter and add the lemon juice. Gradually add icing sugar. Spread over slice, sprinkle with coconut and refrigerate for 1 hour before cutting into squares.

Related slice recipes:

• Anzac slice
• Apple and sour cream slice
• Banana slice
• Caramel slice
• Cherry ripe slice
• Chocolate coconut slice
• Chocolate peppermint slice
• Coconut jam slice
• No-bake Nutella bars
• Too-easy lemon slice
• Oreo cheesecake slice

Serving Suggestions

Note

• If you use the back of a metal spoon to press the base into the tin you will get a nice even surface.
• You could swap the lemon for orange in this recipe if you prefer oranges.
• This recipe was created by Kris Henderson for the Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder.