No-Bake Lemon Slice

Three squares of lemon slice, topped with a lemon icing and coconut.

4.82 from 16 votes

Made with pantry staples and ready in minutes, this classic Aussie lemon slice is sweet, tangy, and totally irresistible. No-bake & beginner-friendly!

Prep Time10

Chilling2

Course: Afternoon Tea, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Australian

Servings: large squares

Calories: 383kcal

Ingredients

Base

395 grams Condensed Milk (1 tin)
200 grams Butter melted
500 grams Marie Biscuits (2 x packets) can use Arrowroot, Graham Crackers, or any plain biscuit
100 grams Desiccated Coconut
1 Lemon juice and zest

Icing

300 grams Pure Icing Sugar
15 grams Butter at room temperature
3 tablespoon Desiccated Coconut or shredded coconut
1 Lemon juiced

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Base

Spray a either 27cm x 17cm slice tin or 20cm square cake tin (my personal fave) with cooking spray and line with baking paper
Crush the biscuits with a rolling pin and pour into a mixing bowl
Add the condensed milk, melted butter, coconut, lemon rind and juice and mix well
Press mixture into the prepared tin, pressing into the corners and smoothing down with a spatula or large spoon.
Refrigerate for 1 hour

Icing

In a medium size bowl, place the icing sugar, lemon juice and butter
With an electric hand mixer, beat ingredients until smooth and creamy. You may need to add more icing sugar or juice, depending on how you want your consistency
Spread icing onto the set biscuit base and smooth
Sprinkle with coconut, then refrigerate for 1 hour
Cut into squares or bars.

Notes

Thermomix Instructions:

Add 250g Marie biscuits to the bowl. Blitz 5 sec / speed 6. Add the remaining 250g of Marie biscuits and blitz again.
Add coconut, lemon zest, melted butter, and condensed milk. Mix 10 sec / speed 4, scrape down, then another 5 sec.
Press into a lined slice tin.
Rinse the bowl, then add the icing sugar, extra butter, and lemon juice. Mix 10 sec / speed 4.
Spread icing over base, sprinkle with coconut, and chill.

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