Scratch Key Lime Pie Recipe

Name: Scratch Key Lime Pie Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup crushed graham crackers (from about 9 crackers); 5 tbsp unsalted butter; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk; 4 large egg yolks; 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp key lime juice; 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

2 Ratings

4 Comments

Prep 10 min
Total 6 hr 10 min
Servings 8

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By TBSP Eric

Updated September 17, 2015

Ingredients

Crust

1 1/2

cup crushed graham crackers (from about 9 crackers)

tbsp unsalted butter

tbsp sugar

Filling

can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

large egg yolks

1/2

cup plus 2 tbsp key lime juice

1/2

cup heavy whipping cream

Steps

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Make crust: Preheat oven to 350°F. Stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until combined well, then press mixture evenly onto bottom and up side of a 9-inch (4-cup) glass pie plate. Bake crust in middle of oven 10 minutes and cool in pie plate on a rack. Leave oven on.
2

Make filling and bake pie: 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 and bake in middle of oven 15 minutes. Cool pie completely on rack (filling will set as it cools), then chill, covered, at least 8 hours.
3

To make topping: just before serving, beat cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks. Serve pie topped with cream at room temperature a few minutes before cutting.