Key Lime Pie Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on September 5, 2008

Crust Ingredients
1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Filling Ingredients
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
4 large egg yolks
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh or bottled Key lime juice

Topping Ingredients
3/4 cup chilled heavy cream

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Crust

Stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until combined well.

Press mixture evenly onto bottom and sides of a 9-inch glass pie plate.

Bake crust in middle of oven for 10 minutes. Cool.

Filling

Whisk together condensed milk and yolks in a bowl until combined well.

Add juice and whisk until combined well. Mixture will thicken slightly.

Pour filling into crust.

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Bake in middle of oven for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Cool pie completely on rack (filling will set as it cools).

Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.

Topping

Just before serving, beat cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks.

Serve pie topped with cream.

Makes 8 servings.