Icebox Key Lime Pie

Name: Icebox Key Lime Pie
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: 8 whole, graham crackers, broken into smaller pieces; 2 tablespoons, sugar; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces), sugar; 1 tablespoon, grated lime zest; 8 ounces, cream cheese, softened; 1 , (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk; 1/3 cup, instant vanilla pudding mix; 1 1/4 teaspoons, unflavored gelatin; 1 cup, fresh lime juice from 6 to 8 limes; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2007, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Authentic Key lime pie used to be a simple, no-cook dessert. But it contained raw eggs, a no-no in modern times. We develop an eggless refrigerator recipe as bright and custardy as the original.

SERVES8 to 10

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes cooling and 3 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Authentic Key lime pie recipes use to be simple and uncooked—but they contained raw eggs, a no-no in modern times. We wanted to develop an eggless Icebox Key Lime Pie recipe as bright and custardy as the original. In lieu of using egg yolks...

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