Easiest Way to Make Ultimate Key Lime Pie

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, key lime pie. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Key Lime Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Key Lime Pie is something which I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Key Lime Pie:

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