Key Lime Pie

9 ingredients
4 steps

Ingredients

  • 7 (5-by 2 1/2-inch) graham crackers, broken into small pieces
  • 3/4 cup sliced or slivered almonds
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
  • Grated zest of 2 Key limes
  • 1 cup fresh Key lime juice (from about 2 pounds fresh Key limes)
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • Accompaniment: sweetened whipped cream

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter a 9-inch pie plate.
  2. 2
    Pulse together graham crackers, almonds, and sugar in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl and stir in butter. Press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom and up side of pie plate. Bake until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool completely. (Leave oven on.)
  3. 3
    Gently whisk together filling ingredients in a medium bowl until smooth and pour into crust. Bake until just set in center, 15 to 20 minutes.
  4. 4
    Cool completely (filling will set as it cools). Chill pie, loosely covered, at least 8 hours.

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