I am going to my friend's house for dinner tonight and I was asked to bring something sweet. I decided to make key lime pie, and its perfect since this is a light and refreshing dessert. Since there were going to be several others at dinner, I used a 10-inch pie crust instead of the regular 9-inch. I also doubled the recipe below, so the recipe below is for a 9-inch pie crust. My favorite topping for key lime pie is freshly whipped cream. You could make a meringue topping if you prefer or eat it plain, but why would you not want whipped cream on top????
Ingredients
1 (9-inch) premade graham cracker pie crust (You can make your own too!)
3 egg yolks
1
(14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup key lime juice (I always use Nellie & Joe’s Key West Lime Juice.)
Optional – zest of one lime (if you like extra
tartness)
Directions
Preheat
oven to 350 degrees F.
In a
large mixing bowl, combine the egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, and lime
juice. Mix well using a wire
whisk. You can probably use a hand
mixer, but its so easy whisking everything by hand.
Pour mixture into pie crust. (I like to put the pie pan on a baking sheet to make it easier to take in/out of the oven.) Bake in
preheated oven for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool. Once
completely cooled, cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
I also like to top my key lime pies with freshly whipped cream, click here for the whipped cream topping recipe.
