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:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- 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.
- Combine the egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk and lime juice. Mix thoroughly. Add key lime zest and lemon zest and mix them in.
- Bake in preheated oven for 14 minutes. Cool.
- Top with confectioners sugar.