Editors' Pick
The Best Key Lime Pie
photo by Probably This
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 pie
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 (5 1/3 ounce) package graham crackers, crushed
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter, plus
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1⁄2 cup key lime juice
- 1⁄3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons lime rind, grated
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1⁄3 cup powdered sugar
directions
- Combine graham crackers crumbs, sugar and butter and press into pie plate.
- Combine egg yolks, condensed milk, lime juice, powdered sugar and rind and spoon into pie crust.
- Bake at 325° for 30 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack and chill for 2 hours. Whip cream and powdered sugar and spoon on top of chilled pie.
Questions & Replies
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Hi, I see recipe asks for 1/4 cup butter and 2tbspn melted Butter. Is it all supposed to be melted and is it all added to the pie crust step? Also, in Australia we don’t have key limes but Tahitian limes. Are key limes very tart or sour that this recipe calls for icing(powdered) sugar or are they equivalent in taste to Tahitian limes? Thanks
Reviews
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I was curious about the powdered sugar since condensed milk is already so sweet. I concluded that the real key limes aare more acidic and can take on the added sweetness. The texture is good, but a slight bitterness seems to come through, which I believe is from the zest. I would rather it not be added.
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This was so tasty! For the sake of ease, I used a store bought low fat graham cracker crust. I also used fat free sweetened condensed milk, splenda, and fat free cool whip. By the taste you'd never know it was low-fat/low calorie. Everyone at the dinner party just loved it and I loved that it was so easy to make!
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<p><br />I enjoy cooking, gardening, swimming, scrapbooking, rubber stamping and spending time with my husband, Tony, and daughters, Giovanna-10 and Arianna-9. I enjoy cooking lots of Italian dishes, especially risotto. I also enjoy baking cakes and cookies. <br /> <br />I like to travel and a few of my favorite vaction spots are The Outer Banks, St. John, Hot Springs, and snorkeling off Mexico. One day, I am hoping to travel to Europe and visit Italy, Germany, Asia and the Ukraine. <br /> <br />I have my own photography business-- www.rhondacinellophotography.com <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><a target=_blank href=http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/Missymop/?action=view?t=metermaids.jpg><img alt=Photobucket src=http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/Missymop/metermaids.jpg border=0 /></a></p>