Easiest Way to Make Delicious sunshine key lime pie

sunshine key lime pie. This key lime pie filling has sour cream and sweetened condensed milk and is perfect for your favorite homemade graham cracker crust. I also used Rose's Key Lime juice. EDITED: I liked the combination of the oatmeal cookie crust with the pie filling, I just found the pie a little sweet.

This Key Lime Pie from Cook's Illustrated is a winter favorite. Key Lime Pie Recipe photo by Taste of Home. Key Lime Pie has ONE recipe and it is the same everywhere. You can have sunshine key lime pie using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of sunshine key lime pie

1. Prepare 4 large of eggs separated.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh lime juice.
3. You need 3/4 cup of heavy cream.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cream of tartar.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of grated lime peel.
6. You need 1 can of eagle brand sweetened condensed milk 14"oz.
7. You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
8. Prepare 1 of unbaked pie crust (9"inch).

NO, you CANNOT use "regular" (Persian) lime juice in place of Key Lime juice. Every key lime pie recipe agrees that a can of sweetened condensed milk is the king of ingredients. Some use more lime juice, some less. Key lime pie is an American dessert pie made of Key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust, graham cracker crust, or no crust.

sunshine key lime pie instructions

1. preheat oven to 350, and bake on 350.
2. beat egg yolks in med.bowl on low speed if electric mixer..
3. gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk and lime juice until smooth..
4. blend in cream, lime peel and 2 or 3 drops food coloring..
5. pour into unbaked pie crust..
6. bake for 25 minutes.remove pie from oven..
7. beat egg whites and cream tartar in med.bowl on high speed until soft peaks from. gradually beat in sugar on med.speed. beat 4 minutes, or until sugaris dissolved and stiff glossy peaks forms.
8. spread over hot pie, carefully sealing to edge of crust to prevent meringue from shrinking..
9. bake for additonal 15 minutes or until meringue is lightly browned..
10. cool 1 hour on wire rack.chill at least 3 hours before serving..

This tangy sweet key lime pie with macadamia nut crust is the best pie I've ever had! Everyone will flip for the extra thick and nutty crust. Key lime pie will forever be one of my favorite desserts. This controversial southern specialty has been winning over my tastebuds for years. This Key Lime Pie from Cook's Illustrated is a winter favorite.