Key Lime Pie!. Cool and creamy Key lime pie is a tangy, sweet treat. Sample best-of-the-best variations, all from Food Network stars. This pie is tasty no matter how you slice it. Key Lime Pie!

You can have Key Lime Pie! using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Key Lime Pie!
  1. It’s of Crust.
  2. It’s 2 cup of Graham crackers (better is Annies honey bear grahams! ).
  3. You need 1 tbsp of sugar.
  4. It’s 4 tbsp of butter.
  5. You need of Pie.
  6. It’s 2 each of egg yolks.
  7. It’s 1 cup of key lime juice.
  8. You need 1 3/4 can of condensed milk.
  9. It’s 1/4 tsp of salt.
  10. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of lime zest.
  11. It’s 1 packages of cream cheese (nufchatel).

Key lime pie is a great basic recipe to customize to your liking. You can substitute nuts, cookies or even saltines for the traditional graham cracker crumbs. We've got plenty of ideas for crumb crusts to inspire you. Made in a sweet vanilla crust, it's the perfect end to a light, fresh meal.

Key Lime Pie! instructions

  1. preheat to 350°F.

  2. cream the cream cheese until fluffy.

  3. mix lime juice and yolks then add to cream cheese.

  4. add condensed milk.

  5. add zest and salt.

  6. continue mixing on high speed until completely smooth.

  7. pour into pie shell and bake for 15 to 17 min only. take out, cool on rack and then refrigerate for a few hours..

  8. top with (make it fresh or dont make this pie!) whipped topping and last 1/2 tbsp zest.

Key lime pie ingredients are simple: sweetened condensed milk, lots of lime zest and juice (preferably from key limes), and just enough egg to give it a good set. Pour the filling into a pre-baked graham cracker crust, bake briefly until the pie is set, and let it chill. Top the pie with whipped cream and serve. Stir with a fork first, and then your hands until the mixture is well combined. At the time, modern refrigeration wasn't available, so fresh milk wasn't a common commodity.