Next up in the holiday parade of food is key lime pie. This is a favorite of my grandmother and my father, so I get bonus good offspring points, and it is so simple I don't mind making it.
The recipe is straight off the bottle of Nellie and Joe's Key Lime Juice. I've seen recipes calling for lime Jell-o, or regular lime juice, but I am suspicious of them...key limes don't taste like persian limes. Not that I'm a key lime expert, and the closest I have come to Key West is Sarasota.
Anyway, the recipe:
The filling:
14 ounces (1 can) of condensed milk
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup key lime juice
Combine the filling ingedients (I just use a wire wisk) and pour into a prepared graham cracker crust. (I suppose it is possible to make and bake your own graham cracker crust, but I certainly never have, so you won't find those instructions on my page.) Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Allow to cool, then chill. (I make it a day ahead to be sure it's sufficiently cool.)
For the topping, my grandmother used to make meringue, but that was only because she wanted to use the extra egg whites. I don't care for meringue, I'll eat the egg whites in an omlette, and I think Cool Whip is actually more traditional. I used to actually cover the top of the pie in Cool Whip, or get fancy piping Cool Whip around the edges and in the center, but I found out Dad isn't a Cool Whip fan and prefers his plain. Now I just throw a container of Cool Whip and a spoon out next to the pie and let people eat it how they want...see, this is a very low-effort dessert.
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