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CLAIRE SAFFITZ PERFECT KEY LIME PIE RECIPE | DESSERT PERSON
A printable CLAIRE SAFFITZ PERFECT KEY LIME PIE RECIPE | DESSERT PERSON recipe card from Claire Saffitz x Dessert Person, with ounces graham crackers, unsalted butter, melted and cooled, granulated sugar and large egg yolk and step-by-step instructions from the original YouTube video. Tags: baked, baking, citrus and dessert. ChefScribe makes the video easier to follow as a clean recipe card.
Servings
1
Ingredients
12
Steps
13
Filed under: baked, baking, citrus, dessert, vanilla.
Source channel: Claire Saffitz x Dessert Person
Key ingredients
ounces graham crackers, unsalted butter, melted and cooled, granulated sugar, large egg yolk, freshly grated lime zest.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces (170g) graham crackers
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated lime zest
- 5 large egg yolks
- 1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 3/4 cup fresh lime juice, strained
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream, chilled
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Crush graham crackers into fine crumbs.
- Mix crumbs with melted butter, sugar, yolk, and salt.
- Press mixture into pie plate and bake until fragrant and brown.
- Reduce oven to 325°F.
- Combine filling ingredients and pour into crust.
- Bake until filling is set but wobbly.
- Chill pie completely.
- Whip cream cheese and powdered sugar.
- Add cream and whip to soft peaks.
- Spread topping on chilled pie.
- Chill topping until set.
- Top with fresh lime zest and serve.