Lime Pie

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

3 eggs, separated
14-oz. sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup bottled lime juice
2 or 3 drops green food coloring
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie crust
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/3 cup sugar

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 325F.
  2. With mixer, beat egg yolks in medium-sized bowl; gradually beat in milk and lime juice. Stir in food coloring if desired.
  3. Pour into pie crust. (It will only fill about 1/2 of the shell but it puffs up as you bake it.)
  4. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Increase oven temperature to 350F.
  5. Meanwhile, for Meringue, with clean mixer, beat egg whites with cream of tartar to soft peaks. Gradually beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; beat 4 minutes longer or until stiff, glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved.
  6. Immediately spread meringue over hot pie, carefully sealing to edge of crust to prevent meringue from shrinking. Bake 15 minutes.
  7. Cool 1 hour. Chill at least 3 hours.

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