Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie.

You can cook Key Lime Pie using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Key Lime Pie

1. You need of Graham Cracker Crust*.
2. Prepare of crushed graham crackers (roughly 12 full crackers).
3. Prepare of melted butter.
4. It's of sugar.
5. It's of salt.
6. It's of Pie Filling*.
7. Prepare of & 1/2 tbsp key lime zest (save a pinch for garnish).
8. Prepare of egg yolks.
9. Prepare of can of sweetened and condensed milk.
10. Prepare of key lime juice (or however much you can get from 1lb).
11. It's of Whipped Cream*.
12. Prepare of heavy whipping cream.
13. You need of powered sugar.
14. Prepare of vanilla extract.

Key Lime Pie step by step

1. Mix together melted butter, crushed graham crackers, sugar and salt.
2. Spread your graham cracker mixture evenly into your pie dish to build your crust. Make sure to press down to flatten out the crumbs..
3. Bake pie crust for 10 minutes in a 350° oven..
4. Next using an electric mixer, blend together your egg yolks and key lime zest until fluffy (be sure to save a few pinches of zest for your garnish at the end!).
5. Blend in sweetened and condensed milk until smooth.
6. Lastly..mix in your hard earned key lime juice!.
7. Pour your mixture over your graham cracker crust and bake for 15 minutes.
8. For the whipped cream, add all ingredients into a bowl and mix for several minutes using an electric mixer. Mix until smooth and fluffy!.
9. Let your pie chill for at least 2 hours before adding your whipped cream. I like to let it get to room temperature and THEN put it into the fridge until it's nice and cold..
10. Add whipped cream and garnish with lime zest! Enjoy!.