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healthy key lime pie

Gluten-Free Key Lime Pie Recipe

Looking for the perfect summer dessert? This sweet yet tart healthy key lime pie recipe hits all the marks of a summer dessert. To sweeten the deal, it can easily be made gluten and dairy-free!

Prep: 10Cook: 30Total: 40 minutes
Yield 8 slices 1x

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 8oz box gluten-free graham crackers
  • 1/4 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/3 cup melted ghee (or butter)

Filling

  • 4 eggs + 1 egg yolk
  • 3/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp lime zest
  • 1 tbsp coconut flour, sifted
  • 1 container whipped topping, defrosted
  • lime slices + reddiwhip for decoration

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. In a food processor, combine graham crackers, coconut sugar, and melted ghee.
  3. Process until very fine and pinch together when sticks.
  4. Press into the bottom of a 9.5 inch pie dish, ungreased.
  5. Bake for 12 minutes, let cool for 30 minutes. Lower the oven heat to 350F.
  6. While crust is cooling, in a large bowl whisk together eggs, lime juice, maple syrup, lime zest, and sifted coconut flour.
  7. Pour into cooled crust and bake for 22-25 minutes or until center is no longer jiggly. It can wiggle a little, just not ‘wet’ looking.
  8. Let cool on stove for 30 minutes, then place in fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  9. Add a layer of defrosted whipped topping and add lime slices, zest, and reddiwhip for topping.
Author: ErinCategory: dessert, snack, dairy-freeMethod: ovenCuisine: AmericanDiet: Gluten Free