Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup key lime juice – to get that this quantity you’ll need at least 1 full bag or 15–20 key limes
- 1 + 1/2 tablespoon grated lime zest
- whipped topping – optional
- edible flowers – optional
- lemon and lime slices for decorating – optional
*Note – you will need to either buy a graham cracker crust or make your own before starting this recipe.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F
- First, begin by zesting enough limes to collect 1 + 1/2 tablespoons of zest. Note – don’t grate too hard, you only want the green, the white pith is bitter, so avoid zesting too deep. Then juice the limes. I cut them in half and use a hand squeezer to get the most juice. Alternatively, you can use key lime juice from Key West.
- Next, in a bowl, combine condensed milk, sour cream, lime juice, and lime zest. Mix well, remove all sour cream lumps and pour into graham cracker crust.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 8 minutes or until small bubbles burst on the surface of the pie.
- Refrigerate pie until chilled thoroughly, at least 2 hours. Top with whipped cream or deccrate with flowers and limes if desired, serve chilled and watch everyone enjoy!
Notes
If using whipped topping – fill a piping bag or zip lock baggie with whipped topping and snip a small corner off the baggie then pipe rosettes on top and add a little lime zest for extra decoration.
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