Key lime pie is a summer favorite in our house! This is the best recipe for it you’ll find online!
Thanks to Nadine for this amazing recipe!
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Key Lime Pie
Ingredients
- 5 large eggs separated
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup key lime juice
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup sugar for meringue
- 1 9 inch pie shell baked
Instructions
- Separate eggs into three bowls (5 yolks in one bowl, 2 egg whites in another, and 3 egg whites in the third).
- Cream egg yolks add 3/4 cup sugar and lime juice and mix thoroughly.
- Cook over low heat until thick, add butter and remove from heat, let cool slightly.
- Meanwhile beat two egg whites until stiff, then fold into cooled lime mixture.
- Fill baked 9 inch pie shell.
- Beat other whites until stiff then beat in 1/4 cup sugar.
- Pile meringue on top of lime filling.
- Bake at 325°F for 15 minutes.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Patricia L Hoeffer says
Sounds good and simple enough.
Patsy says
Your recipes sound delicious. Especially the Chicken and Dumplings, one of my favorites
Vida Recipes says
Thank you!