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A pie in a blue pie plate. The pie is topped with lemon slices and whipped cream.

Simple Atlantic Beach Pie

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Southern
Keyword: pie
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 8
Author: Meggen

Ingredients

For the crust

  • 1 ½ units sleeves saltine crackers
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 3 TBSP granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp sea salt

For the filling

  • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
  • 4 units large egg yolks
  • ½ cup lemon juice freshly squeezed
  • 3 TBSP lime juice freshly squeezed
  • 2 cups whipped heavy cream
  • 2 TBSP confectioner's sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 slices lemon- thinly sliced

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees
  • In a zip top bag OR the bowl of a food processor, pulverize the crackers into fine crumbs.
  • And in the butter, sugar and salt and mix well into the crackers. Press the cracker mixture into a pie plate. Use the bottom of a measuring cup to press the crumbs into the bottom and the sides in a smooth even layers. Chill the crust in the freezer for 10-15 minutes
  • Bake the crust at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until just golden brown, but set. Let cool on a wire rack.
  • As the crust is cooling, mix the citrus juices, egg yolks and sweetened condensed milk in a bowl until smooth and fully incorporated. Pour this mixture into the cooled pie crust.
  • Bake the filled pie for another 15 minutes until the center is set.
  • Remove the pie from the oven, let cool on the wire rack for 30 minutes, then chill in the fridge at least 8 hours or overnight.
  • Before serving, mix the vanilla and sugar into the whipped cream to sweetened. Pipe or dollop the cream onto the chilled pie and garnish with thin slices of lemon.