Macadamia Nut Lemon Squares

Total Time: 1 hr 43 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 43 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
• 3/4 cup granola-type cereal
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, grated

Recipe

• 1 combine flour and butter and mix until crumbly.
• 2 press into greased 8-inch square pan.
• 3 bake at 350 degrees f for 16 minutes.
• 4 in a mixing bowl combine eggs, brown sugar, baking powder and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
• 5 stir in 3/4 cup macadamia nuts and cereal.
• 6 pour over hot crust and spread evenly.
• 7 return to oven and bake 25 minutes or until firm in center when touched.
• 8 remove from oven and partially cool.
• 9 combine powdered sugar, lemon juice and lemon peel; beat well.
• 10 spread over macadamia nut crust. sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup macadamia nuts.
• 11 cool.
• 12 cut into 2-inch squares.
• 13 recipe courtesy of macadamia nut festival, hilo, big island hi.