Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter melted
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup lime juice from key limes – you could need about a dozen to get this much juice
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoons powdered sugar
- Lime peel strips or lime zest, optional as garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- In a bowl, mix crust ingredients until well combined, using a fork.
- Press the mixture evenly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate with the back of a measuring cup.
- Bake the crust for 10 minutes, then let it cool on a wire rack.
Notes
You may need up to a dozen key limes to extract enough juice for the recipe.
For an extra touch, garnish with lime zest or peel strips before serving.
Ensure the pie cools completely before slicing for clean cuts.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 36g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
Nutritional information is an estimate. The nutritional values for your final dish may vary based on measuring differences and products used.