Crust:
1½-packages
graham crackers- crushed
¼-cup
sugar
4-tablespoons
melted butter
Mix
all the crust ingredients together.
Press graham cracker crust into a buttered 10” pie
Pan
and bake crust in a 375-degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
Filling:
8-eggs
yolks
2-(14-ounce
can sweetened condensed milk
2/3-cup
Key lime juice
8-egg
whites
1-tsp.
Cream of tartar
2/3-cup
sugar
Combine
egg yolks, condensed milk, and Key lime juice in a heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly,
until the mixture reaches 160 degrees. Beat
egg whites and cream of tartar at high speed of an electric mixer just until
foamy.
Gradually
add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form and sugar
dissolves (2 – 4 minutes)
Pour
hot filling into the shell and immediately spread meringue over the filling, sealing to the edge. Bake at 300 degrees for 20
minutes. Yield one 10-inch pie.
*For
a smaller pie without as much filling- make ½ of the filling recipe and make an
8” or 9” pie crust!
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