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Key Lime Pie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
5 eggs separated (reserve whites for meringue),1 can of sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 C lime juice (from 3 limes), 3 Tbsp grated lime peel, few drops green food coloring, 1 baked 9-inch pastry shell OR graham cracker crust shell.
Meringue: 1/4 tsp Cream of Tartar
1 C sugar 1/2 tsp salt
3 egg whites 4 egg whites
1/2 tsp lime juice
Directions:
Directions:
Beat egg yolks, stir in milk, lime juice, peel & coloring. Beat
1 egg white until stiff; fold into milk mixture. Turn into pastry shell.
Meringue: Preheat oven to 350º. Place all ingred. (except egg whites) in heavy saucepan. Heat, stirring to dissolve sugar; cover and boil 2 min to remove
any crystals from side of pan. Uncover & boil 'til syrup registers 238º to 240º on candy thermometer. Gradually pour the hot syrup into the stiff whites while beating on high. Continue beating until mixture cools. Spread thick layer over the lime filling; bake 10 min. until light brown.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
8

 

 

 

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