Ingredients
Crust
8 Gramham Crackers
2 Tbls Sugar
5 Tbls melted butter
Lime Filling
1/4 Cup Sugar
1 Tbls Fresh Lime Zest
8 oz Cream Cheese (Bar)
14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 Pkg Instant Vanilla Pudding mix ~ 1/2 cup
1 Cup Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice ~6 - 8 Limes NOTE: Use regular Limes - Flavor is not compromised
1 1/4 Teas Gelatin
1 Teas Vanilla Extract
Preparation
Crust
- Preheat oven to 350 Degrees
- Process Graham Crackers and Sugar until fine
- Add Melted butter continuing to process until uniform, damp and will clump with your fingers.
- Place into 9-inch pie plate & spread with your fingers
- Pat into plate with 1/2 cup measuring cup. Work around to spread. Use outside edge of cup to work in to plate edge and thumb to hold around top edge of plate
- Bake at 350 Degrees 12 - 14 minutes on middle rack until golden brown.
Lime Filling
- Process sugar and Lime Zest for 30 seconds
- Add Cream Cheese and Process 30 seconds
- Add Condensed milk and Instant pudding - Process 30 seconds.
- To add Lime Juice — Place 2 Tbls in Small prep bowl and spinkle gelatin and stir to desolve then microwave for 15 seconds on high.
- Add this small mixture while process then:
- Add remaining lime juice to mixture continuing to process.
- Add vanilla while processing
- Pour filling into crust and refigerate for 3 hours. Pie can be stored up to 3 days if covered with plastic wrap.
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