Key Lime Pie
Key Lime Pie

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, key lime pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Key Lime Pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Key Lime Pie is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook key lime pie using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pie:
  1. Make ready Graham Cracker Crust*
  2. Get 2 cups crushed graham crackers (roughly 12 full crackers)
  3. Get 7 tbsp melted butter
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup sugar
  5. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
  6. Take Pie Filling*
  7. Get 1 & 1/2 tbsp key lime zest (save a pinch for garnish)
  8. Take 3 egg yolks
  9. Get 1 (14 oz) can of sweetened and condensed milk
  10. Prepare 3/4 cup key lime juice (or however much you can get from 1lb)
  11. Make ready Whipped Cream*
  12. Make ready 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  13. Make ready 1 tbsp powered sugar
  14. Take 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions to make Key Lime Pie:
  1. Mix together melted butter, crushed graham crackers, sugar and salt
  2. Spread your graham cracker mixture evenly into your pie dish to build your crust. Make sure to press down to flatten out the crumbs.
  3. Bake pie crust for 10 minutes in a 350° oven.
  4. Next using an electric mixer, blend together your egg yolks and key lime zest until fluffy (be sure to save a few pinches of zest for your garnish at the end!)
  5. Blend in sweetened and condensed milk until smooth
  6. Lastly..mix in your hard earned key lime juice!
  7. Pour your mixture over your graham cracker crust and bake for 15 minutes
  8. For the whipped cream, add all ingredients into a bowl and mix for several minutes using an electric mixer. Mix until smooth and fluffy!
  9. Let your pie chill for at least 2 hours before adding your whipped cream. I like to let it get to room temperature and THEN put it into the fridge until it's nice and cold.
  10. Add whipped cream and garnish with lime zest! Enjoy!

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