This is no doubt my favorite key lime pie! Each bite truly just melts in your mouth. It's deliciously rich and creamy thanks to the sweetened condensed milk and sour cream and it has the perfect amount of zesty lime flavor. Just be sure to finish with fluffy whipped cream for an over-the-top incredibly satisfying dessert!
439 kcal
/serving
25 min
Serves
8
Easy
American
Ingredients
- 9 full graham cracker sheets (136 g) (broken into halves)
- 2 1/2 Tbsp (32 g) granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup (76 g) unsalted butter, (melted)
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 Tbsp lime zest or key lime zest
- 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk*
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) strained fresh lime juice or key lime juice
- 1/4 cup (56 g) full fat sour cream
- 3/4 cup (175 ml) heavy cream**
- 1 1/2 Tbsp (19 g) granulated sugar
Preparation
Not specified
Cooking
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- For the crust: In a food processor pulse graham crackers until they become fine crumbs. Pour into a mixing bowl, whisk in sugar then pour in butter and using a fork stir until evenly moistened.
- Pour mixture into a 9-inch (23cm) pie plate and spread and press into an even layer along bottom and edges of pie dish, coming within about 1/3-inch (8cm) of the top edge.
- Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 11 - 13 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely (meanwhile prepare filling).
- Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
- For the filling: In a mixing bowl whisk together egg yolks and lime zest.
- Stir in sweetened condensed milk, then mix in lime juice and sour cream until well blended.
- Set mixture aside to rest about 15 minutes (this allows it time to thicken before pouring into the crust).
- Pour into cooled crust and evenly spread.
- Bake in preheated oven until nearly set, 15 - 16 minutes (pie should jiggle just slightly).
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack 45 minutes, then chill in refrigerator 4 hours.
- Pipe whipped topping over top, garnish with lime wedges if desired and cut into slices.
- Store pie in refrigerator.
- For the whipped topping: in a mixing bowl (preferably one that has been chilled in freezer 5 minutes) using an electric hand mixer, whip heavy cream and sugar until stiff peaks form.
Plating & Serving
Not specified
Suggested Sides
Nutrition per Serving
439
Calories
7.0g
Protein
6% DV
49.2g
Carbs
17% DV
24.8g
Fat
32% DV
0.7g
Fiber
2% DV
38.8g
Sugars
163mg
Sodium
11% DV
135mg
Cholesterol
38% DV
| Diet Type | Low Sodium |
| Health Labels | Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Fish Free Shellfish Free Pork Free Red Meat Free Crustacean Free Celery Free Mustard Free Sesame Free Lupine Free Mollusk Free Alcohol Free Kosher |
* Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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