Pies

HEIRLOOM KEY LIME PIE

  • 5 large Eggs
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 1/3 cup Key lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 baked Pie shells, 9"

    • 10-12 Key Limes, juiced will equal 1/3 cup.

    This is excellent with a graham cracker crust.

    Separate eggs into 3 bowls as follows.....5 yolks in one bowl, 2 whites in one bowl and 3 whites in last bowl.

    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.

    Beat the 2 egg whites until stiff, then fold in cooled lime mixture.

    Fill pie shell with this mixture.

    Beat remaining 3 egg whites until stiff. Beat in 1/4 cup sugar.

    Pile meringue on top of pie and bake at 325° for 15 minutes.

    This recipe courtesy of the From My Kitchen Cookbook. 

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor of Fort Wayne, IN. 

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