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The Best Key Lime Pie recipe EVER! And so darn easy too! You won’t be able to stop at just one slice!

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I’m, admittedly, not much of a pie person. But this, this Key Lime Pie, has changed my life.

So, confession time. I didn’t use key limes for this pie. I used regular ole limes that you can find anywhere. I meant to use key limes but after three stores I gave up. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

So here’s the skinny on the key lime pie sitch, you don’t have to use key limes. They may, may make the pie a teensy bit better but goodness gracious I was so happy not to have squeeze 20+ key limes for this pie. It was a blessing in disguise fo sho!

After all of that, Happy Pi Day! With an electrical engineering degree you can bet I’ve had my fill of pi. But never, NEVER will I have my fill of this pie.

The Best Key Lime Pie recipe EVER! And so darn easy too! You won't be able to stop at just one slice!

So this “key” lime pie recipe is crazy easy. And I mean cray-zee.  So easy, you may find yourself making one a week, like I plan to, for the rest of my life.

The pie starts with a graham cracker crust. I am terrible at crusts but gosh darnit, a homemade graham cracker crust tastes WAY better than a store bought one and it’s pretty simple to make. Just some graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter will do it.

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Now let’s get to the filling. It’s a whole lotta lime juice, lime zest, sour cream and a couple cans of sweetened condensed milk (a.k.a. nectar of the gods). You just whisk it all together, pour it into your pie shell, bake for 10 minutes and voila – you’ve got a key lime pie that will blow your family and friends away.

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The truth is, I’m not much of a decorator when it comes to pies and cakes. I’m all about simple, easy, get-it-in-my-mouth-as-quick-as-possible. You too? Good. Then you’ll like my no-nonsense whipped cream topping.

If you are in a hurry, and I mean, a BIG HURRY, I would perhaps allow you to use a store bought pie crust and a can of whipped cream.  This pie would still be heavenly. No doubt.

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Best Key Lime Pie
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
Graham cracker crust
  • 1½ cups ground graham crackers
  • ⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 6 tbsp butter, melted
Key Lime Filling
  • 2 14 oz cans sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup light sour cream
  • ¾ cup lime juice OR key lime juice
  • zest from 2 regular limes or 4 key limes
Whipped Cream Topping
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Graham cracker crust
  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a small bowl. Press the crumb mixture into an 8" - 9.5" pie pan. Bake for 7 minutes. Cool for at least 30 minutes.
Key Lime Filling
  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Whisk together sweetened condensed milk, sour cream, lime juice, and lime zest in a medium bowl. Pour into prepared graham cracker crust and bake for 10 minutes.
  3. Let pie cool slightly before chilling. Chill for at least 3 hours.
Whipped Cream Topping
  1. Beat heavy cream and sugar together in a mixer until stiff peaks form. Beat in vanilla. Spread or pipe the whipped cream on top of the cooled pie. Top with additional lime zest if desired.
Notes
Recipe adapted from here.

The Best Key Lime Pie recipe EVER! And so darn easy too! You won't be able to stop at just one slice!

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  1. Hi ! Thank you very much this recipe !!! Looks delicious ! I had just one question before making the pie : how can the filling be so ferm without eggs ?
    Thank you !
    Greetings from France,
    Héléna

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  3. Hi…
    I am from Croatia and would like to make this pie for my birthday on saturday. Could you tell me how much condensed milk I need in milliliters? Thank you for your answer

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  4. I love a traditional key lime pie–and I really like the extra zest you added on top! If you don’t want to squeeze 80 billion key limes (and who does?), I use Nellie and Joe’s Key Lime Juice. Just open and measure, and gives that extra tart, tangy key lime punch to this pie. It’s even what I used at the restaurants I worked in, so it’s not even cheating. =)

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  5. How far in advance can I make this? I was considering making it Wednesday for a dinner on Saturday, will it keep okay?

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  7. i made this for tomorrow’s Easter celebration, and I am totally calling a key lime pie. I like the rubber spatula…the filling is do delicious!

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  14. I make a very similar pie (I happen to have a key lime tree in my backyard) only it has an eight ouce block of cream cheese that when chilled makes the pie firm. Also, I use ginger snaps for the crust and sometimes add coconut or pretzels. Delish!

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  16. Happy belated Pi day! This pie looks delicious! (I don’t even know what key limes look like, so probably you would have told me to get key limes and I would have just ignored that and come back with a bunch of regular limes;)

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  19. I adjusted this recipet to have a gluten-free crust for my daughter. It was great. She lived in Key West for 10 years so she was happy to get the recipe.

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  20. Key lime pies are the best, and this one has the greatest filling! I love melting white chocolate into my graham cracker crusts when I do key lime to play against the tang. This one looks pretty darn perfect!

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  21. No no no no no! You cannot call this KEY lime pie, without TRUE, genuine, fresh squeezed Key Lime Juice, from fresh, genuine, KEY LIMES. What you have here is a wonderful Lime Pie, but it is NOT the same. Deep breaths……by the way, I LOVE all your recipes and your blog. In fact I am going out to get some key limes now, and try this recipe. (By the way, I had a Key Lime Pie recipe published by the Miami Herald waaaay back in the ’80’s!

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  23. “…not much of a pie person.” Dude. My ears are bleeding. Lol. What I find funny about that is, I’ve made a few of your pies and they’re awesome. So you crazy, girl. I will for sure, make this one, too. I want all the pie!!!

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  24. Key limes can be a pain because there’s so darn many of them, and I’ve even used lemon before and called it “key lemon pie” haha. The funny part was, it didn’t taste much different! It’s a signature pie for me, and love how much lime juice you used and the sour cream sounds like a great addition. Beautiful pie, Trish!

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