Florida Key Lime Pie

Ingredients:


Fillings-
- 1/2 cup fresh Key Lime juice
- 4 teaspoons grated lime zest
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz.)


Pie Crust-
- 11 graham crackers
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons melted, unsalted butter


*** You can also buy a pie crust from the store! Making the crust is not hard but we had pie crust so thats what we used and its perfectly fine ***


Also- Since we'd had a lot of mouths to feed, we doubled the recipe and made two pies.


Directions:


1. Zest your limes and separate your eggs

Lime Zest:

Using a cheese grater, grate the lime so that the zest falls into a bowl/plate

Egg Yolks:

Crack egg in the center and allow the whites to drip into a bowl

Next toss yolk back and forth separating all whites from the yolk

Last place yolks in a bowl

2. Whisk the egg yolks and lime zest together in a bowl until tinted light green.. takes about 2 minutes.

3. Make lime juice by cutting limes into halves and squeezing into a measuring cup. 

*** If you use pre-packaged lime juice use Nellie and Joes! As seen below ***

 

4.Beat in milk and lime juice and set aside until it thickens. BE CAREFUL! Lime juice can cause your eggs to curdle... add the juice slowly, only a little at a time.

5. Preheat oven to 325 degrees

*** If you're using pre-made pie crust preheat oven earlier... and skip the next few steps :) ***

6. Process graham cracker in blender or food processor. Mix graham cracker and sugar in another bowl.

7. Add butter and stir with a folk until well blended.

8. Pour into a 9 inch pie pan and press firmly over bottom and up sides of pan.

9. Bake pie crust on center rack for 15 minutes until crust is light brown. Then cool to room temperature. 

10. Pour lime filling into crust and spread evenly. 

Bake for 15 minutes until the center sets but still wiggles when shaken. 

Remove from the oven and allow to cool to room temperature then refrigerate until thoroughly cool. Serve alone or with cool whip.

ENJOY!