Lemon Slice

Lemons are the only fruit growing in our backyard - anything else has been destroyed by possums - so recipes with lemon juice are always popular. This is one of the best. My youngest daughter keeps complaining that she has one square when she makes this slice and the next time she looks it's all gone. It's that sort of slice.

Lemon Slice

Ingredients

1/2 cup condensed milk
125g butter
250g sweet biscuits (Nice or Milk Arrowroot biscuits are local types that work well - basically any sort of reasonably plain biscuits will do)
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 cup coconut

Lemon Icing

1 3/4 cups icing sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
15g butter

Method

Put condensed milk and butter in a saucepan, stir over low heat until butter is melted.
Crush biscuits finely, add lemon rind and coconut. Mix well.
Add warm condensed milk and butter mix. Mix ingredients together by hand.
Press into greased lamington tin (28cm x 18cm).
Refrigerate for one hour.
Ice with lemon icing.
Cut into squares when the icing has set.

Icing

Combine sifted icing sugar, softened butter and lemon juice in a bowl. Beat till smooth. Spread on cooled slice.