Key Lime Pie
 
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Silky sweet and tart filling in a perfectly buttery, graham cracker crust topped with sweet whipping cream and a sprinkle of delicious sweet and crystallized lime zest. The texture combo is to die for.
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Recipe type: Pie
Cuisine: Dessert
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
  • 1 sleeve of graham crackers (9 large crackers) or 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 6 tbsp butter, melted
  • 1½ cups sour cream
  • 2 (14 oz) cans sweet and condensed milk
  • ¾ cup key lime juice (about 24 key limes)
  • Zest of all the limes
  • 1½-2 tbsp of granulated sugar
  • Sweet Whipping Cream
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Use a food processor to crush graham crackers into crumbs or put them in a Ziploc bag and smash them with a rolling pin until they are tiny crumbs.
  3. Mix in the ¼ cup sugar first and then the melted butter until completely combined.
  4. Press mixture evenly into a 9-inch pie pan. Make sure to press as firmly as you can to make the crust solid.
  5. Zest all of the limes and put the zest in a small bowl. Combine it with 1½-2 tbsp of granulated sugar. Make sure you use enough sugar to coat all the zest. Set aside uncovered. (This will need to sit overnight to set up and be crunchy.)
  6. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the sour cream, sweet and condensed milk, and lime juice. Whisk together until combined and smooth.
  7. Pour over graham cracker crust in the pie pan.
  8. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 minutes if doing one thick pie. Bake for 10 minutes if doing two thinner pies. (If you are doing a thick pie with a ramekin or two, pull the ramekins out after 10 minutes.)
  9. Let pie cool completely.
  10. Make the sweet whipping cream by combining the heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Beat with a hand mixer until mixture is stiff and can keep its shape.
  11. Before serving, top each slice with sweetened whipping cream, and then sprinkle with the sugary crystallized lime zest.
  12. Enjoy!
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/key-lime-pie/