Key Lime Pie
Pucker up, buttercup! This key lime pie is perfectly balanced between tart and sweet. The filling is smooth, creamy and light β no eggs required! Use either a store bought graham cracker crust or make your own.
Start with the crust
While you could probably use both a traditional flour/fat pie crust, most of the key lime pie youβll eat in FL has either no crust or a graham cracker crust. Iβve always just used the graham, because itβs easy and goes really well with the tart lime filling.
Blitz a couple sleeves of graham crackers in a food processor. If you donβt have a food processor, just use a plastic bag and a rolling pin. As long as the crumbs are fine enough to pack into a pie plate.
Stir in the sugar and cinnamon, add the melted butter, pack into the pie plate, and bake until toasty and fragrant, about 7 minutes.
Make the filling
Between you and me, Iβve used key lime juice, plain bottled lime juice, squeezed supermarket limes and fresh key limes. They all make the same pie. Some purists may argue that thereβs a difference, but itβs not something to get worked up about, I promise. No matter what you use, at the end thereβs going to be a delicious pie.
Bake and set
Once you add the filling to the crust, bake for 7-8 minutes, or until you can see tiny βpinholeβ bubbles rise to the top. The pie should not jiggle, and do not brown the top. Let it cool to room temperature.
Chill and serve
After the pie is at room temperature, chill it for another 4 hours before garnishing with whipped cream.
PrintKey Lime Pie
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 10 slices 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Pucker up, buttercup! Use regular limes if you canβt get your paws on key lime juice.
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 1/2 cups plain graham cracker crumbs (12 sheets)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 6 TB unsalted butter, melted
For the filling & to serve:
- 3 (15 oz) cans of sweetened condensed milk
- 3/4 cup key lime juice
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- zest of 1β2 limes
- 1 recipe homemade whipped cream
Instructions
- Make the crust. Preheat the oven to 375F/190C. Combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and mix until well combined. Add the melted butter and mix well until all the crumbs are moistened and the mixture packs to the side of the bowl. Press the crust mixture onto the bottom and sides of a 9-10 inch pie plate. Bake the crust for 7 minutes. Set aside while you make the filling and lower the oven temperature to 350F/176C.
- Make the filling, bake and serve.Β In another bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, sour cream, and lime zest and whisk until well combined and smooth. Pour filling into baked crust just before loading into the oven. Bake the pie for 8 minutes, or until you can see tiny bubbles rise to the top. Do not brown the top of the pie.
- Let cool to room temperature, and allow the pie to chill for 4 hours before serving with homemade whipped cream!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 399
- Sugar: 44.7 g
- Sodium: 214.9 mg
- Fat: 15.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 9.1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 57.5 g
- Fiber: 0.9 g
- Protein: 9.2 g
- Cholesterol: 144 mg
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