Key Lime Pie

“This recipe gets 5 stars because it’s easy, tastes great and is easily adapted to low fat.After wading through tons of key lime pie recipes, I think this is the only one I’ll need.I used fat free condensed milk and no one could tell the difference.For the crust, I used 1 cup crushed Nilla Wafers, a tablespoon butter and 2 tablespoons brown sugar.The cookie crust went nicely with the lime.One suggestion.I read that adding a dash of citric acid (“sour salt”) to the pie filling before cooking added a note of tartness.If you like to pucker a little bit when tasting key lime pie, then you may want to give the citric acid a try.”

“This is the perfect summer pie. Cool, creamy and a great lime favor. Alsoeasy to make. If you are a lime lover, you really need to check this out. My family gave it a resounding thumbs up. Thanks Cher in Texas. This was a delightful treat.”

“Again, another summer must have!So very easy to make and soooo very smooth.We all really enjoyed this pie and look forward to making a few more this summer!”

“This was a fantastic pie. Not only did it have just a few manageable ingredients, it was extremely easy to make. The tartness of the lime was pleasant without being overwhelming. What a great idea to use the blender for mixing, making for ease of cleanup. I will be adding this to my list of essential summer recipes.”

“Scrumpdillyumptious!! Oh wow. This is so yummy. A cool, creamy pie with a little tart lime flavor. THE perfect summer dessert. Easy too. Thanks Cher in Texas. This rocks!!”

“No reason to wait for the summer to make this.We had a winter BBQ tonight and I thought this would be the perfect dessert, and it was!!The only problem is I should have made 2 :-)Everyone LOVED this and I made 3 copies of the recipe to hand out tonight.Thanks”

“Today was our grandson’s 12th birthday and I knew he’d rather have key lime pie than cake anyday, so I took a chance on this recipe. We weren’t disappointed. It was as good as it was simple. The only problem I had was after baking for 20 minutes at 250F, it didn’t seem firm enough so I cranked up the heat to 350F and baked it for another 10 minutes. I don’t do desserts very often, but this I’ll do again. Kudos Cher.”

“This was great, although I didn’t wait till the dog-days of summer to try it! I found Key limes in the store this week – a rare find! – so I made this for a taste of summer. We all liked it very much.Only thing my husband and I would change is to skip the Cool Whip/whipping cream next time. We thought the sweetness of the graham cracker crust was enough to counterbalance the tartness of the filling.I’m sure I’ll be making this again – when Key limes are spotted.Thanks for the great recipe -and so easy! “

“This is such an easy but great tasting pie. This will be on my summer picnic list.”

“Thanks to receiving some graham crackers and key lime juice from our recent food swap, AND this printed recipe for Key Lime Pie my family were ooohing and aaahing over the flavours. Chilled pies arent a ‘big’ deal here in NZ, but they will be in this house from now on.We loved the tang of the lime juice and the crunchy crust, thanks for posting.”

“This was a really great, and incredibly quick, pie.I used low-fat sweetened condensed milk, and regular lime juice.I am amazed at how tasty this pie is.Worth 5 stars!”

“While this recipe is very easy – it tastes rather flat. Too creamy, not limey enough. Almost tastes pre-packaged.”

“This was a very good pie. Very creamy and delicious but not tart enough. The key lime pies that I have always tasted had more tartness to them. More of a lime flavor. The next time I will add more lime juice but that was the only thing wrong. Other than that, it was absolutely delicious. Thank you, Cher.”

“I made this for my husband for Father’s Day and he loved it! I thought it was a little mild as far as the lime flavor and I even added lime zest.I will try more lime juice next time. For someone who doesn’t like a tart flavor, but would still like the lime flavor this would be a good recipe.”

“This was my first key lime pie to ever make. It’s my husband’s favorite so I thought I would give it a try. I thought the ingredients and directions were very simple. I even used a meringue recipe instead of the cool whip for the topping. I did add a few drops of green food coloring to it though. Just a tip, if you don’t cover the entire pie with meringue (seal the edges) you will end up with a liquid between the top of the pie and the bottom of the meringue. This pie was much better the next day after it had sat up longer. I will try this one again for sure!”

“I really liked this pie. I made it for our little St. Patrick’s get-together and our friends loved it! It’s super easy to make. My husband liked it so much that I’m preparing a second pie for him. He said it tastes very “limey” and fresh. We’re having a BBQ next Saturday and I was thinking in making a trifle, but I think I will bring this pie instead, because is easy and delicious.”

“Not being a good baker, this was an ideal recipe for me! So simple to make and had no problems with the flavors. Would try Claire #3’s suggestion of using the Tartar next time. Could have used more of the filling as Janie stated but when you realize that the cool whip fits into that space you accomodate! Wanted to share with my boys but they got here too late! I ate the whole thing!”

“Liked the flavor and how it was easy to prepare. To me, there wan’t enough for a 9″ pie crust. It was just too shallow. Maybe I will try increase the recipe by one half next time. Great flavor.”

“I’m on a search for the perfect key lime pie recipe, and while this pie is good it’s not quite as spectacular as I wanted it to be.I agree with the person who said that it tasted a bit too much like sweetened condensed milk.I’ll certainly make this again if and when I’m ever in a pinch and I need a nice, quick dessert because it’s SO easy though.It’s just not *the* key lime pie recipe.”

“this recipe was very easy to follow and the texture of the filling was excellent but it tasted a little too much like condensed milk. next time i’ll dilute it with regular milk. I might try this recipe with other fruit like mango puree….Yum!!!! “