[X]

Home > Recipes > Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie Recipe

Key Lime Pie Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Read reviews (2)

Rate recipe

Our Test Kitchen created this refreshing mini pie with a homemade crumb crust and a pudding-like lime filling. If you can’t find key lime juice, regular lime juice works just fine.

This recipe is:

Quick

[X]

Rate Key Lime Pie Recipe

Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

[X]

Key Lime Pie Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling

Yield: 4 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons butter, melted
FILLING:
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1 drop green food coloring, optional
2 egg yolks, beaten
2 tablespoons key lime juice
1 teaspoon butter
1/2 teaspoon grated lime peel
Whipped cream, optional

Directions

In a small bowl, combine cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 7-in. pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt; gradually stir in water and food coloring if desired. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Gently stir in lime juice, butter and lime peel.
Pour into crust. Cool for 15 minutes. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours. Garnish with whipped cream if desired. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece (calculated without whipped cream) equals 321 calories, 13 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 132 mg cholesterol, 259 mg sodium, 49 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Key Lime Pie in Cooking for 2 Summer 2006, p53

Menus and More

Recipe Slideshows

Browse slideshows featuring our best recipes, holiday ideas, easy how-tos, cooking tips, and more!

Get Recipes >

Top 10 Recipes

A collection of our favorite, highest-rated recipes—including the best dessert, dinner and holiday recipes.

Get Recipes >

Reviews for Key Lime Pie

Key Lime Pie

Tell us what you think of this recipe.
Did you modify it? Would you make it again? Rate it today! >

Rate and Review this Recipe

(1-2) of 2 reviews

Sort Reviews:

Reviewed on Nov. 20, 2012 by bearable

I made it as is, then tasted it and it lacked that amazing lime lavor of other recipes. I upped the key lime juice to 3 tbsp. and it still lacked that lime flavor of other recipes. I am leary of adding too much juice so maybe when it's not going on the thanksgiving table I will play around with the recipe some more. I really liked that this recipe doesn't call for any milk product, as we are lactose intolerant.