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Lemon and Lime Sugary Treats

Lemon and Coconut “Brownies”

Clearly, I’m using the term “brownies” loosely in this context. I love brownies because of the chocolate.

But do I still love them without any chocolate? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. 🙂

I found this recipe from taste.com.au. These lemon and coconut brownies have all the attributes of why I love brownies, minus the chocolate factor. It is easy to bake and tastes moist and rich. But not too rich that you stop eating after one piece. 😉  For this recipe, it has a refreshing factor.  Yes I used the word refreshing because of the lemons. And the desiccated coconut in the recipe brings out the flavour of the lemon perfectly. Not to mention in the last 10 minutes of baking, it made my kitchen smelled like vacation. 🙂 (Maybe a sign of me craving for one? hehe…)

Lemon and Coconut “Brownies”

(Recipe from taste.com.au)

Makes about 15, depending how you cut it

What you’ll need:-

  • 250g butter
  • 430g (2 cups) caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 225g (1 1/2 cups) plain flour (I mixed between plain and wholemeal flour as I ran out of the plain one)
  • 85g (1 cup) desiccated coconut
  • 3 tsp finely grated lemon rind ( I used the rind of 3 small lemons)
  • 60ml (1/4 cup) fresh lemon juice (I used 2.5 small lemons)
  • Icing sugar, to dust

(1) Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line a 20 x 30cm (base measurement) slab pan with non-stick baking paper and grease the sides which aren’t covered with  baking paper – see note 1. (2) Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and stir until mixture is thick and glossy. (3) Sift (I did mine without sifting) the flour over the egg mixture and stir until well combined. Stir in coconut, lemon rind and lemon juice ( I think it is important to add lemon juice towards the end to avoid splitting the batter). Spread over base of prepared pan. (4) Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Set aside in the pan to cool completely – see Note 2. Cut into pieces. Dust with icing sugar.

Note 1 – As I don’t have the specified pan size, I used a square pan instead. Hence the end result seemed a little thicker than the photo shown on the original recipe.

Note 2 – It is important to let is cool completely before removing it from the pan and cutting it.  It was quite fluffy and easily broken into pieces when it was removed from the oven after finished baking. As it cools its texture will become dense and firm.


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  1. Jared Smith says

    July 24, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Think this is the best recipe for lemon brownies? Prove it on tiptap.com

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  2. chocolatesuze says

    July 24, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    mmm i love lemon in any dessert so this recipe looks great to use up my random lemons rolling about my fridge!

    Reply
  3. Christine says

    July 25, 2012 at 1:53 am

    Love lemon and coconut! Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Robin says

    July 25, 2012 at 2:07 am

    Where i live, we have this thing called a blondie. It’s like a brownie, but without chocolate. The main flavor is usually brown sugar, or sometimes butterscotch.

    Or perhaps you have made a new kind of lemon bar.

    Those are my suggestions for naming. It dose not really matter, as long as it’s tasty, and it looks tasty.

    Reply
  5. Geordie says

    July 25, 2012 at 6:13 am

    This recipe turned up on the Cooking Friends page on Facebook. Very much looking forward to trying it out.Lovely tangy antidote to those heavy chocolate things.

    Reply
  6. vegeTARAian says

    July 25, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Ooh yum, these look amazing! I’ll be giving them a try 🙂

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  7. Liren says

    July 27, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    I love this, and how you use “brownies” in here – makes total sense. The bars look beautifully light and moist – I’ll definitely have to try it!

    Reply
  8. marla says

    August 4, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    All of your recipes are so tempting!!! These lemony brownies look fabulous!

    Reply
  9. colleen says

    October 3, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    These look wonderful. Your method of mixing it reminds me very much of our Sheet Cakes, a cake that has you bring the sugar and butter to a boil before adding the rest of the ingredients. I have mostly made chocolate although I do have a recipe for a white one that is sublime. I will try this next.

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  10. Summer says

    August 4, 2014 at 5:23 am

    These are so amazing! and really do have the same texture as brownies! but with a really tart lemon taste and chewy coconut yummm my favourite!

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    • Emily says

      August 4, 2014 at 7:54 am

      I am glad to hear that you liked it. Lemon and coconut are a great combo, and I do enjoy tartness in dessert as well. 🙂

      Emily xx

      Reply
  11. Katy says

    April 19, 2016 at 9:59 am

    These are really lovely. I used a different method, borrowed from my favourite browie recipe, it’s the secret to getting that light cracked top on a brownie: whisk together the eggs and sugar for about 5-10 minutes. The mixture gets pale and moussey. Then fold in the rest of the ingredients, starting with liquid ingredients and finishing with the flour. Works like magic xx

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  12. Emma says

    April 24, 2017 at 7:07 am

    I am making these tonight for probably the 100th time, so much so they they are known as “Emmas yellow brownies” and are often requested! LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe!

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