Easy Key Lime Pie

Ingredients

Crust

• 40 vanilla wafer cookies
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 1 ½ tbsp. sugar

Filling:

• 1/2 cup key lime juice (about a pound of key limes will give 1/2 to 3/4 cup of juice -room temp to release most juice)
• 1 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
• 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• (optional) Up to 3 to 4 drops each yellow and green food coloring to achieve desired coloring
• 1 8 oz container whipped topping, divided
• Additional lime slices and cookie crumbs for garnish

Directions

Crust:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Combine cookies, sugar and butter in a food processor and process till everything is combined.
3. Press cookie crumb mixture into 9 inch pie plate.
4. Bake the crust for 9 minutes.
5. Place on rack to cool.

Filling:

1. Zest limes to measure 3 tsp zest.
2. Juice limes to equal ½ cup juice.
3. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk together until combined. Stir in zest and juice.
4. Gently fold in whipped topping.
5. Pour mixture into crust and refrigerate at least an hour.
6. Garnish pie with remaining whipped topping and lime slices.