Really Good Key Lime Pie

Name: Really Good Key Lime Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 6 ounces, graham crackers, broken into 1-inch pieces (about 11 crackers); 2 ounces mini, pretzel twists (about 35 twists); ¼ cup packed (1¾ ounces), light brown sugar; ¼ teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1½ cups, sweetened condensed milk; ¾ cup, lime juice (6 limes); 6 tablespoons, heavy cream; 4 , large egg yolks; ⅛ teaspoon, table salt; 2 , large egg whites; ¼ teaspoon, table salt; ¼ teaspoon, cream of tartar; ½ cup (3½ ounces), granulated sugar; ¼ cup, water; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons, grated lime zest

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2021

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SERVES8

TIME1 hour 50 minutes, plus 5 hours cooling and chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We set off to create a great key lime pie with a soft yet set filling that straddled the fine line between sweet and tart. We started with what many think of as the go-to recipe for key lime pie filling: the one on the back of the bottle of...

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