TWO-LAYERED KEY LIME PIE Recipe
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Ingredients: Crust:
3/4 cup plain granola
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tbs sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted, melted butter
Baked layer:
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup fresh key line juice
3 large egg yolks
Chilled layer:
8 oz. pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup fresh key lime juice
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Sweetened whipped cream(optional)
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Directions:Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend granola in food processor until coarsely ground. In a med. bowl, mix granola, graham cracker crumbs and sugar. Add melted butter. Press mixture into a 9 inch pie dish. Bake 8 min. or until crust is golden brown. Remove crust from oven and cool.
Baked layer: Whisk condensed milk, lime juice and egg yolks in med. bowl. Pour into pie crust. Bake 300 degrees for 25 min. or until set. Cool to room temp.
Chilled layer: Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, condensed milk, lime juice and sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Pour over cooled baked layer. Smooth top with spatula. Cover and chill 4 hours or until set.
Optional: Pipe sweetened whipped cream decoratively around edges of pie. |
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Notes: While Persian limes are large, oval and dark green, Key limes are small, round and pale yellow. Some bakers add green food coloring to the pie filling--a practice frowned upon in the Keys (Florida)
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