Recipe for cooking key lime pie

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Perfect Pies

Key Lime Pie

Source: New Joys of Jell-O

1 sm. box lime Jell-O
1 c. boiling water
2 tsp. grated lime rind
1/2 c. lime juice
1 egg yolk, well beaten
1 1/3 c. sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. aromatic bitters*
1 egg white
Drop green food coloring (optional)
1 baked 9-in. pie shell, cooled

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Add lime rind and juice. Pour slowly into beaten egg yolk, stirring constantly. Add condensed milk and bitters. Chill until slightly thickened.

Beat egg white until stiff peaks will form. Fold into gelatin mixture. Add food coloring. Pour into pie shell. Chill until firm-about 3 hours. Garnish with lime slices or prepared whipped topping, if desired.