Showing posts with label pie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pie. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Key Lime Pie

So the wonderful Katie, over at The Katie Chronicles, sent me a delicious treat recently.  Lots of her yummy spice rubs, some utensils, recipes and deliciously wonderful Florida key lime juice!! So naturally I've been dying to use the juice and what better way to do so then making KEY LIME PIE!!!




ZOMG okay, it's amazing...so just stay calm and enjoy!

Key Lime Pie

Ingredients:
- 14 oz of sweetened condensed milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 3.5 oz of key lime juice
- zest of 1 lime
- graham cracker pie crust (if you need this recipe please go here.)

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350. 
Blend sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks.  Slowly add lime juice and zest.  Blend for about 2 minutes. 
Pour mixture into graham cracker pie crust.
Bake for 20 minutes. 
Allow to cool then place in the fridge for several hours.
Serve topped with whipped cream.


NOM NOM NOM...delicious!

Graham Cracker Crust

Here's the recipe for the delicious graham cracker crust!!

Graham Cracker Crust

Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups of ground-up graham crackers (it's fun to do this with a rolling pin...gets out all the aggression!)
- 1/3 cup of sugar
- 5 tablespoons of melted butter
- 1/2 a tablespoon of cinnamon

Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Mix ingredients until well blended (easiest way is with your hands).
- Press mixture in bottom of a pie plate/tin.
- Bake at 375F for about 7 minutes.
- Allow to cool before using.  (If recipe calls for unbaked simple refrigerate for an hour before use)