Non-traditional Key Lime Pie

photo by Boomette


- Ready In:
- 4hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
1
ingredients
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Ingredients for crust
- 1 1⁄2 cups cinnamon graham cracker crumbs (or more if you like a thicker crust)
- 1⁄3 cup melted unsalted butter
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Ingredients for the filling
- 3 egg yolks (beaten for about 5 minutes until lemony in color and frothy)
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 10 tablespoons fresh key lime juice (OR 5 TBS each regular lime juice and fresh lemon juice)
- 2 teaspoons grated lime zest, preferably key limes
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Ingredients for whipped cream topping
- 1 cup heavy cream (whipping)
- 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated lime zest, preferably from key lime
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare the crust: Combine the graham cracker crumbs and butter in a mixing bowl and mix together for a crumbly crust.
- Press the mixture into an 8-inch pie pan.
- Bake the crust for 5 minutes.
- Remove the crust from the oven, but leave the oven on.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling.
- Combine the egg yolks and sweetened condensed milk in a mixing bowl and beat with a mixer at high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Gradually beat in the lime juice and zest.
- Pour the mixture into the crust.
- Bake the pie for 8 minutes, or until the filling is set and an inserted skewer comes out clean and hot to the touch.
- Remove the pie from the oven.
- Set the pie on a rack to cool to room temperature.
- Refrigerate the pie, uncovered, for at least four hours before serving.
- When ready to serve, make the whipped topping.
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and beat on high until whipped cream stands in peaks.
- Place on top of pie and serve!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Danny Beason
Knoxville, Tennessee
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