Recipe of the Month: Key Lime Pie

Ingredients:

  • Filling:
    5 egg yolks, beaten
    1 can or 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
    ½ cup key lime juice
    1 teaspoon key lime zest
    1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • Graham Cracker Crust:
    1 ½ cups finely ground graham cracker crumbs
    ¼ cup brown sugar
    6 tablespoons melted butter
  • Topping:
    Confectioners sugar

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Mix graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and melted butter until well blended. Evenly press out mixture into a 9 inch pan. Leave unbaked, and cool for an hour in the fridge.
  3. Combine the egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk and lime juice. Mix thoroughly. Add key lime zest and lemon zest and mix them in.
  4. Bake in preheated oven for 14 minutes. Cool.
  5. Top with confectioners sugar.
Key Lime Pie is the perfect sweet for the holiday season!