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I am getting reading for National Pi Day this Saturday with this No Bake Key Lime Pie!
I came across these cute little key limes the other day and I couldn’t resist buying them. They were a tad on the expensive side in comparison to a regular lime, but I figure I would splurge and see what would come of it!
What’s the difference between a key lime and a regular lime? Check out keylime.com for the answer!
This week I have had a great time in the kitchen finding all the different ways that I can incorporate these little green pucker your lips cuties. My blonde sweet girl has been eating them straight up!
I was on a mission to use these key limes to make a creamy, thick, no bake key lime pie with vanilla wafers as the buttery,sweet crust!
Whew, it is quite a lot of work to juice these little limes. I definitely earned my dessert tonight and it was well worth it! 
No Bake Key Lime Pie
Ingredients
- For The Crust:
- 30 vanilla wafers
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- For The Filling:
- 24 key limes
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature-I use 1/3 less fat
- 8 ounces heavy cream
- 1/3 cup + 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
Cooking Directions
- Place vanilla wafers in a ziploc bag, get out all your stress of the day and crush those cookies.
- In a bowl melt butter, and stir in crushed cookies
- In a 9 inch pie plate place crushed cookies and press down to form crust, place in fridge while you mix together everything else
- In a large bowl place heavy cream and 3 Tablespoons sugar, beat together until it becomes thick whipped cream, set aside
- In another bowl mix together cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar, set aside
- Get ready, roll your sleeves up and juice the 24 key limes, you should get about 1/2 cup juice
- Mix juice in with cream cheese
- Fold into whipped cream
- Take pie crust out of fridge and spread key lime cream cheese mixture all around.
- Place in fridge for at least an hour.
- Enjoy 🙂
- **Can’t find key limes?? No worries, regular limes work great, but you’ll need about 3/4 of a cup of lime juice to get the same intense flavor. Want just a hint of lime flavor, just add less juice until you arrive at your desired taste**
