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Calling all dessert lovers!

In the last issue of our newsletter, Sweet Sensations I asked for a recipe for Key Lime Pie. As much as I love sweets that one has escaped me. Help your editor out please and send me your recipes for Key Lime Pie. Thanks a bunch.

Key Lime Pie
graham cracker or vanilla wafer crust Basic Crumb Crust Recipe
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup key lime juice
1 can (sweetened) condensed milk

whipped cream with sugar and a little fresh lime zest added

-Soften the cream cheese
-add milk
-Mix well.
-add lime juice and mix again

Put key lime mixture in crust.
Refrigerate - or better yet - FREEZE overnight (withought whipped cream.

Top with whipped Lime cream just prior to serving.

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(I also have a low calorie version. I will look it up and send it along...)

PS....having learned the hard way -

Don't bother making Key Lime pie without actual Fresh Key limes. Other Limes are fine for drinks or other cooking, but if the pie stays around for more than a day, the "regular" lime juices goes oddly bitter. The Key Limes stay sweeet.
Much like the difference between a regular lemon (sour) and a Meyer Lemon(sweet) Totally different food product and totally different results!
Don't know why.

You are a wealth of information. Are key limes hard to find? I've seen key lime juice but not the actual limes.

I have a base recipe I used to make several citrus "ice box" pies when I had my pastry shop. Key lime is one of my favorites.

1 6oz can frozen lemonade, limeade or orange juice concentate (or 1/3 cup key lime juice)
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 8oz container frozen dessert topping (Cool Whip)

Stir together and pour into prepared crumb crust. (I particularly like the orange pie in an Oreo crust.) You can add a few drops of appropriately colored food coloring if you want a more "fruity" looking pie. I like the soft pastel color myself. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Top with extra whipped cream, if desired. Keep refrigerated (does not need to be frozen). It's pretty much foolproof!

I've found key limes VERY occasionally in the grocery store but can more often find them to purchase online.

Orange pie with an Oreo crust, that's different. Sounds perfect for Halloween.