••••KEY LIME PIE☘️🥧🍚🍵🍡🥛🧀🌈🍀!!••••

(Source: tastes better from scratch.com recipe & photos & Lauren Allen)

••••KEY LIME PIE☘️🥧🌈!!

Key Lime Pie

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

35 mins

Course: Dessert 

Cuisine: American, Pie 

Servings: 12

Calories: 444 kcal

Author: Lauren Allen

Ingredients

Graham cracker crust (see note below for a Gingersnap cookie crust)

• 1½ cups ground graham crackers(about 12 full sheets, crushed)
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter , melted

Key Lime Filling

• 2 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 oz cream cheese , softened
• ¾ cup Nellies Key Lime Juice , or fresh lime juice
• zest from 2 regular limes , or 4 key limes

Whipped Cream Topping

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

For the crust:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter in a small bowl. 
3. Pour crumb mixture into an 8" - 9.5" pie pan and press it firmly in the bottom of the pan and a little bit up the sides of the pan. 
4. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

For the Filling:

1. Add cream cheese to a mixing bowl and beat well with electric beaters until smooth. 
2. Add both cans of sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, and lime zest and mix again until smooth. 
3. Pour into prepared graham cracker crust and bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
4. Allow pie to cool for about 30 minutes, then refrigerate for at least 3 hours, before serving.

Whipped Cream Topping:

1. 
   Add heavy cream to a mixing bowl and beat with electric mixers for 1 minute. 
2. Slowly add powdered sugar and vanilla and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Spread or pipe the whipped cream on top of the cooled pie.
   

   

Recipe Notes

*For a gingersnap cookie crust:

• 1 1/2 cups crunchy gingersnap cookie crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted

Method, baking temp and bake time are the same as for the graham cracker crust.

Nutrition Facts

Key Lime Pie

Amount Per Serving

Calories 444Calories from Fat 207

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 23g35%

Saturated Fat 13g65%

Cholesterol 75mg25%

Sodium 242mg10%

Potassium 309mg9%

Total Carbohydrates 54g18%

Sugars 46g

Protein 7g14%

Vitamin A15.6%

Vitamin C7.7%

Calcium22.2%

Iron3.3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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