Kelly's Rich And Creamy Key Lime Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 6 egg yolks
• 2 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup key lime juice, fresh or bottled
• 1 (9 ounce) keebler graham cracker crust, 10-inch size
• sweetened whipped cream or cool whip
• lime slices (to garnish, optional) (optional) or kiwi, slices (to garnish, optional) (optional) or fresh strawberries (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325º.
• 2 in medium bowl, gently whisk eggs.
• 3 slowly whisk in sweetened condensed milk.
• 4 slowly whisk in key lime juice.
• 5 *do not over mix, this will create bubbles. just stir gently til all ingredients are mixed together well.
• 6 pop into oven for 40-45 minutes. *my oven takes 44 minutes exactly.
• 7 the edge of pie will just start to slightly poof up and the edge of pie will also be very slightly a pale golden brown. just very lightly browned. the pie also will no longer jiggle.
• 8 let cool. pie will set up perfectly as it cools.
• 9 refrigerate at least 4-6 hours or overnight.
• 10 pie gets even better the next day! :).
• 11 serve with whipped cream topping.
• 12 garnish with slices of key limes, kiwi and/or fanned strawberries if desired.
• 13 very rich and creamy!
• 14 ***you can save the egg whites and make a meringue top if preffered. but we like the cool, smooth creaminess of sweetened whipped cream much better than meringue. ;).
• 15 the only other thing i do, is i do add 2 drops green food coloring to the pie for a bit of green color. but this is totally up to you!
• 16 *if preferred, you can also bake this pie in a 9" deep dish pastry crust.