Crescent Roll Coconut Lemon Bars Recipes

COCONUT LEMON CRESCENT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Unroll dough into 2 long rectangles. Place in ungreased 13 x 9-inch pan press over bottom and 1/2 inch up sides to form crust. Firmly press perforations to seal. Bake at 375°F. for 5 minutes.Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine all filling ingredients mix well. Pour over partially baked crust. Return to oven bake an additional 12 to 17 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely. Cut into bars.Nutrition Per Serving (1 bar): Calories 70 Protein 1g Carbohydrate 9g Fat 3g Sodium 80mgPICTURE: Clockwise from left: Cashew Caramel Yummies, Coconut Lemon Crescent Bars, Candy Bar BrowniesFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

MACAROON BARS

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1-1/2 cups coconut into a well-greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine milk and extract; drizzle half over the coconut. Unroll crescent dough into one long rectangle; seal seams and perforations. Place in pan. Drizzle with remaining milk mixture; sprinkle with remaining coconut. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting. Store in the refrigerator.

EASY CRESCENT DOUGH LEMON BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter bottom of 13x9 baking pan. Use 1/2 of the stick to put small pats of butter all over the bottom of the pan.
• 2. Unroll dough. Lay in the bottom of pan. Press dough down corner to corner.
• 3. Spread lemon curd evenly all over the dough.
• 4. Lay out the second can of dough on top of the curd. Perforated dough edges do not need to be sealed. Then add the rest of the butter in small pats to top of this layer of dough. Squeeze the juice of 1 to 2 lemons; depending on amount of juice and size of each one all over the top layer of dough. This will create little pools of lemon juice.
• 5. Dust powdered sugar heavily all over the top, paying close attention to the pools of lemon juice. Keep adding the sugar until the lemon juice does not easily absorb any more sugar. You may only need 1/4 cup of sugar to do this or more.
• 6. Bake in oven for about 30 minutes until toasty brown on edges. Oven times may slightly vary.
• 7. Let cool, slice. Goes great with coffee, great for dessert or a breakfast/brunch treat.

LEMON CREAM CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
• Press 1 can crescent roll dough into the bottom of the prepared baking dish, stretching to the edges.
• Mix the zest of 1 1/2 lemons and juice from 2 lemons together in a bowl. Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar into lemon zest mixture using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; spread over crescent roll dough layer.
• Unroll the second can of crescent roll dough and layer over cream cheese mixture, gently stretching dough to the edges. Brush melted butter over crescent roll dough layer. Mix remaining lemon zest and 3 tablespoons sugar together in a bowl; sprinkle over butter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool for about 20 minutes. Lift dessert from baking dish using foil; transfer to a cutting board. Cut into squares, leaving on foil. Return dessert to the baking dish and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.