Key Lime Pie (Better Than Rib Cage)
photo by mightyro_cooking4u
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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1 pie
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
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CRUST
- 1 1⁄3 cups of cinnamon sugar graham cracker crumbs
- 1⁄3 cup butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon sugar
-
PIE
- 4 ounces key lime juice
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
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WHIPPED CREAM
- heavy whipping cream
- white sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 350*F.
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CRUST:
- Combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and sugar until crumbly.
- Press this mixture into a pie plate, put in freezer to chill about 15 minutes.
- Bake pie crust between 5-10 minutes depending on your oven until crisp and crumbly. Take out and cool completely.
- FILLING:.
- Combine egg yolks, milk and juice in a large bowl.
- Hand whisk until smooth.
- Dump into prepared pie crust.
- Bake 8-10 minutes at 350*F
- Check and make sure pie is set; if not cook longer.
- WHIPPED CREAM:.
- In a mixing bowl combine whipped cream (about 1 cup).
- and.
- white sugar to your liking (I usually dump it in and I imagine I use somewhere between 1/4 cup and 1/3 cup).
- Mix on high speed with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form, be careful not to over beat and end up with butter!
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Reviews
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This is a great version of Key Lime Pie. (Tho I do usually add lime zest, LOL) I was living in San Francisco, when I first made Key Lime Pie years ago and could not find key lime juice!?! So I ordered a bottle online from Florida, the bottle lasted about 8 months, well worth it. Thanks for posting Sarah.
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