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Easy Key Lime Pie Recipe

a delicious and easy key lime recipe that is quick to put together and cooks on top of the stove. Perfect for RV life and travel!
Course Pies and Tarts
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 6
Author Judy

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 4 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/3 cup key lime juice
  • 2 cups heavy cream whipping cream
  • 2 tbsp key lime zest

Instructions

Graham cracker crust:

  • Put the graham crackers in a zip lock bag and use a rolling pin to crush them. Or if you have a food processor crush them in seconds!
  • Mix the melted butter, sugar and graham cracker crumbs together
  • Spray your pie plate with Pam Baking Spray
  • Press the graham cracker crumb mixture into the pie plate and bake at 350F for 8 minutes
  • Remove from oven and let it cool on a wire rack

To make the stove top key lime pie filling:

  • Separate the eggs into a medium bowl, (TIP: put the egg whites in the freezer!)
  • Beat the egg yolks in a large saucepan until thick with medium speed on your mixer.
  • Stir in the condensed milk and key lime juice
  • Cook on the stove on medium-low, stirring constantly until the mixture starts to thicken. Don’t leave it or it will stick to the pan and we don’t want that to happen!
  • Once the filling has thickened, remove from heat and let it cool just a bit. Pour it into the graham cracker crust pie shell and set aside to cool.
  • Garnish with Whipped Heavy Cream, Lime Zest and thin slices of fresh lime. This is the very best key lime pie you will ever make!

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Notes

Garnish: I use thin slices of key limes, along with a sprinkle of lime zest.
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