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Frozen Key Lime Pie

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  • Author: Elizabeth Farr
  • Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes
  • Yield: 8 large pie slices 1x

Description

The easiest freezer pie ever is also one of the best.  This pie tastes like limeade in pie form!

Ingredients

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  • 9″ Graham cracker crust (store-bought or homemade graham cracker crust)
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream (236 mL)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla paste
  • Zest from 2 key limes
  • 1/2 cup key lime juice, from about 4-5 key limes (118 mL)
  • 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 more key lime for garnishing

Instructions

Make a graham cracker crust (if not using store-bought).

  1.  Follow the recipe for a graham cracker crust if you’re not using a store-bought crust. hand holding graham cracker crust

Make the filling

  1. Whip the cream with the vanilla until it holds its shape. whipped cream stiff peaks on beater
  2. Mix the key lime juice and zest and the sweetened condensed milk into the whipped cream. stirring lime zest and sweetened condensed milk into whipped cream
  3. Scoop the filling into the pie shell and cover to freeze. key lime pie filling in pie shell

Garnish and serve

  1. Top the frozen pie with the zest and slices of 1 more key lime for a little extra bit of color. whole frozen key lime pie with lime slices in the middle
  2. Let the pie sit out for 5-10 minutes before cutting.  top view of frozen key lime pie on plate with fork
  3. The pie tastes best eaten within one week.  To keep it longer, wrap the pie well to cut down on ice crystals.  A domed pie lid is helpful, and from there I would wrap the whole pie in a plastic bag.  Wrapped well, you can easily keep this pie for up to 2 months in the freezer.

 

 

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Notes

Make it dairy free/vegan: Use a vegan crust, use a coconut whipped topping like Coco-Whip and coconut sweetened condensed milk.  It won’t thicken quite as well, but you’re freezing the pie, so it won’t matter much.

Make it gluten-free: Either buy a gluten-free graham cracker crust for this pie or make your own graham cracker crust using gluten-free graham crackers like Mi-Del.

Key Lime Pie Bars to feed a crowd: if you want to use a store-bought crust, you can simply cut your pie into squarish pieces instead of traditional wedges.  Otherwise, double the graham cracker crust recipe, baking the crust in a 9 x 13

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pan.  From there, double the filling recipe and top the crust.  Freeze as you would the pie and cut into squares for serving.  This is an AWESOME recipe for a backyard BBQ or Summer potluck.

 

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • 8 hours freezing:
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Category: Pies
  • Method: Freezer
  • Cuisine: American

Find it online: https://bakingwithtradition.com/frozen-key-lime-pie/