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Mile High Key Lime Pie

March 16, 2015 by rachelle 27 Comments

There isn’t much more that says spring/summer/warm weather to me than Key Lime Pie.

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I want warm weather to be here so bad that I had to take it to the extreme.  A plain old Key Lime Pie was not going to cut the mustard.  I had to make it epic.

 

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The first time I ever had Key Lime Pie was at the beach on a summer vacation, so it always reminds me of beach and summer.  I’m ready for both.

 

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My uncle gave me this recipe several years ago and it makes two pies.  I decided that two pies were going to collide into one ginormous  beautiful blast of  Key West in my kitchen.

 

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So I say adios to winter.  I open my arms, spin around like Julie Andrews on a mountain top, and say hello to spring. I missed you old friend.

 

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And Old Man Winter?  I moon you, spit in your face, and flip you the bird.

 

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Mile High Key Lime Pie

Ingredients

For the crust

  • 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 stick of butter melted

For the pie

  • 3 cans of condensed milk
  • 16 ounces sour cream
  • 1 cup key lime juice I used Aunt Nellie
  • 2/3 cup lemon juice
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

For the topping

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 2-3 keylimes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Mix graham crumbs, sugar, and melted butter in a bowl. Press to bottom and sides of a spring form pan.
  3. Add all pie ingredients to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium low until combined
  4. Pour pie mix into prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes
  5. Cool completely and refrigerate uncovered at least 4 hours or overnight
  6. Add cream and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment
  7. Whip on medium high until stiff peaks appear (6-8 minutes)
  8. Spread over top of pie and top with lime zest

Note: You can make two pies by dividing the batter between two prepared pie pans and reduce the baking time to 20-25 minutes.

Random Fact: I took this pie to a birthday party and my friends hid it to save for themselves, so that’s why there are no pictures of it sliced and the pictures are in a pie/cake carrier 🙂

Random Fact: You can buy pie/cake carriers at the Dollar Tree for (you guessed it) one dollar, so if you take it to a party you don’t have to worry about the return of your plate or carrier.

Filed Under: Archives Tagged With: graham, key lime, pie, whipped cream

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