Sandras Key Lime Pie Food

SANDRA'S KEY LIME PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat softened cream cheese until creamy.
• Add sweetened condensed milk and beat to incorporate.
• Add egg yolks and beat well.
• Add lime juice and beat till combined.
• Pour mixture into pie crust and spread with spatula until evenly distributed.
• Place on cookie sheet and then into the oven and bake for 10 min.
• until the filling begins to set.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on rack at room temp.
• Then place in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
• Two works better.
• Cut into 8 slices and serve with a generous helping of whipped cream.

KEY LIME PIE

Steps:

• Combine crust ingredients and press onto 9" pie plate. Bake at 350°F for 10 minute; cool.
• Stir together milk and lime juice. When thickened, pour onto crust.
• Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until foamy, add sugar slowly and continue beating until meringue forms glossy and white stiff peaks.
• Spread on pie and peak up with ends of fork. Bake 25 minutes at 325°F.
• Chill for 8 hours to set.

CRUNCHY KEY LIME PIE BITES ON ICE CREAM

Steps:

• To make the Key lime pie bites: Get your oven to 350°F. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar, and kosher salt and mix it with your hands until it's all like wet sand.
• Line a loaf pan with parchment paper so the paper hangs over the sides by an inch or two. Put the graham sand in there and give it a firm press onto the bottom so you have an even packed layer that's a smidge more than an inch. Bake, rotating the pan once, until the edges start to darken a shade but the center isn't quite done, 12 to 15 minutes.
• While you're waiting, whisk together the condensed milk, Key lime juice, and egg yolks so they're well mixed. When the crust is done, pour on the lime mixture, give the pan a couple of taps on the counter so the lime stuff settles evenly, then bake again until the lime mixture is just barely set in the center, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Let this bad boy come to room temperature, then pop it in the fridge until it's cold and it's good to go. It keeps, covered, in the fridge for a week or the freezer for two.
• To serve: Run a knife along the edges of the pan, then use the parchment paper to lift out and cut the bars into roughly 1-inch crunchy Key lime pie babies. Scoop the ice cream into bowls (or just leave in the carton), top with the Key lime pie bites, and garnish with a pinch of flaky salt. Eat.