No-bake Sweetened Condensed Milk Citrus Bars

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 lb butter (not margarine)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 lemon, zest of, grated
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 14 ounces plain cookies, finely crushed (2 packets, usually, 2 x 200g in metric)
• 2 cups desiccated unsweetened coconut
• 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 melt the condensed milk, butter, sugar, lemon rind, citrus juices and vanilla over medium heat.
• 2 add the dessicated coconut and cookie crumbs.
• 3 spray a square tin with nonstick spray. (sorry, size of tin not given, but you'll be able to judge by sight).
• 4 press the mixture evenly into the tray and cool.
• 5 mix the confectioners sugar with just enough lemon juice to make it spreadable.
• 6 spread over the cookie bar mixture.
• 7 chill overnight until firm and cut into small blocks.