Description
Recipe for the best Key Lime Pie — quick, fresh, and so delicious!
Ingredients
Scale
Graham Cracker Crust Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups finely-ground graham cracker crumbs
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 5 Tbsp. butter, melted
Filling Ingredients:
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup key lime juice (preferably fresh, but bottled juice also works)
- (optional) 1 tablespoon lime zest
- (optional topping) 2 cups whipped cream
Instructions
To Make The Graham Cracker Crust:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a bowl until evenly combined. Press mixture evenly onto bottom and up side of a 9-inch (4-cup) pie plate. Bake crust on the middle oven shelf for 10 minutes, then remove and let cool.
To Make The Filling:
- While the crust is baking, whisk together the condensed milk and egg yolks in a bowl until combined. Add juice (and zest, if using) and whisk by hand for 1 minute until combined and slightly thickened.
- Pour filling into crust and bake on the middle oven shelf for 15 minutes. Transfer pie to a cooling rack, and let sit until it reaches room temperature. Then refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or until chilled and set.
- Top with whipped cream just before serving, if desired.