Key Lime Pie

By Ksteve10

Ingredients

• Piecrust:
• 1/3 c sugar
• 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temp
• pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 c plus 2 TBSP flour
• 1 extra large egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 TBSP molasses
• 1/2 TBSP ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• Filling:
• 1 (14 oz can) sweetened condenced milk
• 1/2 c key lime juice
• 4 extra-large egg yolks
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

For Crust:
1. Preheat oven to 325. In medium bowl cream sugar, butter, and salt until smooth. Add flour, egg, vanilla, molasses, ginger, and cinnomon and mix well to form a smooth dough.

2. Roll our dough on a lightly floured surface into a circle abt 13 in wide and 1/4 in thick. Line a tart pan with a removeable bottom with dough. Trim excess dough. Bake crust until browned, 12-15 minutes.

For Filling:
3. In a medium bowl whisk together all ingredients. Pour in pie shell and bake until filling sets to consistency of a soft custard (abt 15 minutes). Cool pie completely on a wire rack.