I’m back from vacation and it’s time to get cooking! I must admit… Since we got home I’ve been sticking to my favorites that I’ve already posted, but truly I’ve been craving Key Lime Pie. I had a little of my daughter’s maybe a month ago… It wasn’t gluten free… I only had a little of the “safe” key lime part… Well… The craving was put to rest… At least for a little while…. Nothing ends craving like worshipping the porcelain goddess..
Ok! For the good stuff. Now, by Key Lime Pie I don’t mean the green one… I mean the beautiful creamy, tart – but sweet- light yellow, makes my mouth water and my head spin with beaches and sunshine and palm trees and warm ocean breezes just thinking about it. One taste can transport me to vacation….ahhhhh. Yes. It is that good! Most like it with whipped cream. I like it with a scoop of Breyers natural vanilla. That light vanilla offsets that perfect sweet tart of the key lime. It may be the best EVER!
What you need and what to do!
Gluten free graham crackers (about 2 cups)
1/2 cup melted butter
3 T sugar
1/4 cup pecans (optional) chopped
Dash nutmeg
Process, crush or squish graham crackers, mix in (with your hands works best) everything else
Save a little of the butter and apply liberally to the pie pan.
Press the mixture into the pan.
Preheat oven to 350
I found these at Whole Foods… pretty good!
little mixing hands work perfectly!
press it all down.. save a little for garnish if you like!
In a mixer, whisk 5 egg yolks until smooth and thickened
Add 1 can sweetened condensed milk – mix well
Add 1/2 cup key lime juice
1/2 tsp grated lime zest
Pour into crust and bake at 350 for 15 mins, then chill. You can use egg whites for meringue if you like.
so yummy…. can you taste it?
if youre not using meringue, garnish with a little lime zest and reserved crust
this isnt breyers… because I ate all the breyers… but it was still good
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