Recipe: Tasty Key lime pie

Key lime pie.

You can have Key lime pie using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Key lime pie

1. It's of crust.
2. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of graham cracker crumbs.
3. Prepare 5 tbsp of butter, melted.
4. Prepare of filling.
5. Prepare 1 can of (14) oz. sweetened condensed milk.
6. It's 1/2 cup of key lime juice.
7. You need 1 tsp of grated lime zest.
8. Prepare 2 of egg yolks.
9. Prepare of meringue.
10. It's 2 of egg whites.
11. You need 1/4 tsp of cream of tarter.
12. Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
13. It's 1 tsp of grated lime zest.

Key lime pie instructions

1. Preheat oven 350°F.
2. For the crust: combine ingredients and pat down into 9in. pie pan. bake for 5-10 min..
3. For the filling: in a medium bowl, combine milk, lime juice, and 1 tsp. zest, blend in the egg yolks. pour the filling into the crust..
4. For the meringue: beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar sauce until soft peaks form. gradually beat in the sugar and zest until the mixture is stiff. spread the meringue over the filling; spread it to touch the edge of the crust all around. bake for 12-15minutes, or until the meringue is golden brown!!!.