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====== Heirloom Key Lime Pie ======

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|**Preheat:** °|**Yield:** 8-10 servings||
|**Prep:** 0:00|**Wait:** 0:00|**Cook:** 0:15|

====== Ingredients ======
  * 5 large Eggs
  * 3/4 cup Sugar
  * 1/3 cup Key lime juice
  * 1 tablespoon Butter
  * 1/4 cup Sugar
  * 1 baked Pie shell(s), 9"

====== Directions ======
  - Separate eggs into 3 bowls as follows.....5 yolks in one bowl, 2 whites in one bowl and 3 whites in last bowl.
  - Cream egg yolks, add 3/4 cup sugar and lime juice and mix thoroughly.
  - Cook over low heat until thick. Add butter and remove from heat.
  - Let cool slightly.
  - Beat the 2 egg whites until stiff, then fold in cooled lime mixture.
  - Fill pie shell with this mixture.
  - Beat remaining 3 egg whites until stiff. Beat in 1/4 cup sugar.
  - Pile meringue on top of pie and bake at 325 for 15 minutes.

====== Notes ======
  * 10-12 Key Limes, juiced will equal 1/3 cup.
  * This is excellent with a graham cracker crust.
  * Can skip the meringue and just use whipped cream.

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