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172. To me, pecan and key lime pies are the easiest pies to make

Key Lime Pie

3 egg yolks
1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 ounces?)
1/2 cup key lime juice
1 8 or 9" graham cracker crust

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix together egg yolks, milk and lime juice until slightly thickened. Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake for 15 minutes, let cool for 15 minutes, chill. Serve with whipped cream.

I've gotten so I double the recipe for a 9" pie shell. Sometimes I make a meringue with the egg whites and put over the top - then I just use one recipe.

You can get bottled key lime juice in the stores here. I've never in my life tried to juice a real key lime, LOL!


Pecan Pie

I just use the recipe on the Karo Syrup bottle with these changes:
Cut sugar to 1/2 cup
Increase vanilla extract to 1-1/2 or 2 teaspoons
Add 1/8 teaspoon salt.
Increase pecans to 1-1/2 cups of broken pecans, not halves or chopped
Use a deep dish 9" pie shell


If I don't put a meringue on the key lime pie I use the egg whites to make meringue cookies. This year I have some chocolate morsels with mint in the middles - those would be great. Pretty much you make standard meringue, mix in nuts, crushed candies (mints or candy bars), drop by spoonfuls on a parchment covered cookie sheet and bake at a low temperature until crisp. They are a great "diet" cookie since they are mostly air. Your eyes tell you you're eating big cookies, but there really isn't much to them.