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Gluten-Free Key Lime Pie

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I’ve been telling my husband to share one of his pies with us again. Remember his Boston Banoffee Pie? It’s a family favorite? My husband keeps trying to make gluten free things for our daughter. So I thought it was a good time to share his gluten-free Key Lime Pie. It’s so so yummy.

gluten free key lime pie

Gluten-Free Key Lime Pie Recipe

Whether you are gluten-free or not, this easy gluten-free key lime pie tastes incredibly yummy and you would never know the difference. The fresh squeezed key lime juice in this pie gives it the unique flavor of an American summer. To me this is the best Key Lime Pie ever and our friends agree.

The crust is super easy and incredibly yummy. There are different recipes out there to make this crust for a variety of pies.

We use Schär Gluten-Free Honeygrams (I’m sure others would work too but we are a fan of Schär Gluten-free products ever since discovering them in Germany (and no this is not a sponsored post).

Schar Gluten free honeygrams pie crust

Delicious Gluten Free Key Lime Pie Recipe with real limes
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Gluten-free Key Lime Pie

Whether you are gluten-free or not, this pie tastes incredibly yummy and you would never know the difference. The fresh squeezed key lime juice in this pie gives it the unique flavor of an American summer. 

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword gluten-free, Key Lime Pie
prep time about 35 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 440 kcal
Author Cuckoo4Design

Ingredients

Gluten Free Pie Crust Ingredients

  • 2 cups Schar gluten-free honeygrams
  • 1/2 cup softened butter
  • 2 tbsps sugar
  • 1 pinch nutmeg

Key Lime Pie Filling Ingredients

  • 4 ounces freshly squeezed key lime juice
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 2 tsps grated lime peel zest

Instructions

Gluten Free Pie Crust Instructions

  1. place the crackers into a large ziplock bag and crush them by rolling over the bag with a rolling pin 

    How to make gluten free key lime pie
  2. then mix all the ingredients in a bowl with your hands

  3. finally press the mixture into a pie pan

    How to make gluten free key lime pie

Key Lime Pie Filling Instructions

  1. heat oven to 350° F before starting to prepare the filling

  2. grate the 2 tsps of lime zest

    How to make gluten free key lime pie
  3. slice the limes in half so you can squeeze out the 4 ounces of lime juice (4 ounces are about 1/2 cup)

    How to make gluten free key lime pie
  4. mix the sweetened condensed milk with the egg yolks, lime juice and zest in a mixing bowl with a hand mixer to get it all smooth and creamy

  5. pour filling into the pie crust and smooth out the edges so the filling is even

  6. bake it for only 10 minutes

  7. let it get completely cold in the refrigerator 

Recipe Notes

You can serve the chilled slice of pie with some fresh whipped cream and garnish with a sliver of fresh key lime. Enjoy!

gluten free pie crust

Above you can see how my husband crushed the crackers described in the recipe.

Below you can see how the gluten-free pie crust gets firmly pressed into the pie pan with your hands.

gluten free key lime pie crust

Gosh I could just eat this crust with a spoon alone. It’s so good!

How to make gluten free key lime pie

We use a simple grater to get the lime peel zest.

gluten free key lime pie recipe

Key limes are tiny and you need to cute and squeeze quite a couple of them to get enough nice.

delicious Gluten Free Key Lime Pie Recipe with real limes

squeezing fresh key limes for gluten free key lime pie

fresh key lime juice for key lime pie

After mixing all the ingredients in a bowl for the filling. You just pour it into the gluten-free pie crust, even it out and put it in the over for 10 minutes.

how to prepare gluten free key lime pie

And done!

Yum!!!!

gluten Free Key Lime Pie with fresh key limes

the best gluten free Key Lime Pie Recipe with fresh key limes

yummy gluten free key lime pie

Also check out our German Poppy-Seed Streusel Cake (HERE but not gluten-free):

Thick German Poppyseed streussel or crumble cake recipe


 

That’s it for today.

Tschüß.

 

 

Here are some more of my hubby’s baking recipes:

Click on the photos to see the posts.

best pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin, gluten-free version included

Thick German Poppyseed streussel or crumble cake recipe

 

 

Boston Banoffee Pie
easy Boston Banoffee Pie

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Comments

  1. Cassie Bustamante says

    February 13, 2017 at 6:42 am

    ooooh this looks amazing! we are huge key lime fans over here!

    • Julia says

      February 13, 2017 at 7:21 am

      We are too except Noa, he doesn’t like key lime pie 😉

      • Shelly Mathes says

        February 13, 2017 at 10:04 am

        Hi. Julia, uh no! No Key Lime fans here! Now if you’re talking Coconut Cream pie then we can talk. Ha! Looks good though.

        • Julia says

          February 13, 2017 at 7:17 pm

          He makes a really good coconut custard pie too 😉 I’ve had key-lime pies before that I didn’t like but this one is a winner. Believe me

  2. Jenni says

    February 13, 2017 at 10:05 am

    Yum, I have a key lime tree in my backyard loaded with buds. I’m going to try this recipe out for my father in law, who is gluten free. Thanks!!!

    • Julia says

      February 13, 2017 at 7:18 pm

      Oh awesome! Even if you aren’t gluten-free it tastes amazing. There is no reason to make one with gluten because it’s so good.

  3. Esther Books says

    February 13, 2017 at 1:27 pm

    I’m with Noa, not a huge fan of Keylime pie, but I do love the apron!

    • Julia says

      February 13, 2017 at 7:19 pm

      🙂 This one is a really good one though. I’ve had some before that I didn’t like either. This one is super good

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