Key Lime Pie

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs (from nine standard size crackers, or one of the 3 pkgs in the box)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 large egg yolks
• 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 3/4 cup very cold heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• zest from 1/2 lime

Recipe

• 1 make the crust: put a rack in the middle of hte oven and preheat to 350. butter a 9′ pie plate.
• 2 stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a bowl with a fork until well-combined. press crumb mixture evenly bottom and 1/2 way up sides of pie plate. bake for 10 minutes, take out of the oven, and leave the oven on.
• 3 make the filling and bake the pie: whisk together condensed milk and yolks in a bowl until well-combined. add juice and whisk well (filling will thicken slightly). pour filling into crust and bake for 15 minutes. cool completely and put into the fridge for at least 4 hours.
• 4 just before serving, whip the cream and sugar together until it just holds stiff peaks. spread pie with cream or top each serving with a dallop and a bit of lime zest.
• 5 note: if you want to make this ahead of time (1 or 2 days), don’t put the cream on it. do that right before you serve it.