Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, key lime pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Key Lime Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Key Lime Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

This key lime pie filling has sour cream and sweetened condensed milk and is perfect for your favorite homemade I think if I make a key lime pie again, I'll look for one that's creamier and less sweet. Key lime pie is an American dessert pie made of Key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk. It may be served with no topping, topped with a meringue topping made from the egg whites, or with whipped cream; it may be cooked in a pie crust, graham cracker crust, or no crust.

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

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pie:

1. Prepare Graham Cracker Crust*
2. Make ready 2 cups crushed graham crackers (roughly 12 full crackers)
3. Prepare 7 tbsp melted butter
4. Make ready 1/4 cup sugar
5. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
6. Prepare Pie Filling*
7. Take 1 & 1/2 tbsp key lime zest (save a pinch for garnish)
8. Get 3 egg yolks
9. Take 1 (14 oz) can of sweetened and condensed milk
10. Take 3/4 cup key lime juice (or however much you can get from 1lb)
11. Take Whipped Cream*
12. Get 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
13. Get 1 tbsp powered sugar
14. Make ready 1/8 tsp vanilla extract

Key lime pie will forever be one of my favorite desserts. This controversial southern specialty has been winning over my tastebuds for years. Between the buttery and crunchy crust, tangy custard filling, and. Ordinary limes make an exceptional Key lime pie, and they are a much better alternative to bracingly tart bottled Key lime juice.

Steps 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!

This pie tastes every bit as authentic as the real deal — plus it's easier to. Easy to make and incredibly flavorful! Made with a buttery graham cracker base and a bright fresh lime and rich sweetened condensed milk filling. This Classic Key Lime Pie features an easy homemade graham cracker crust, a smooth and creamy key lime pie filling, and homemade whipped cream on top. This Key Lime Pie is an American classic.

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