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Margarita Pie

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Margarita Pie
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Easy
Fairly cheap

Our favorite pie to eat when it's hot out.

Prep

Cook

Wait

4h

Category: Dessert
Seasons Summer
Cuisine Type American

Ingredients

For 1 Batch(es)

Pretzel Crust Ingredients

1 1/4 cups finely crushed thin pretzel sticks
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar

Pie Filling Ingredients

1 can (10 ounce) frozen margarita mix, thawed
1 envelope knox gelatin unflavored
1 can (14 ounce) sweetened condensed milk
8 ounces sour cream
1 lime for zest and garnish

Margarita Pie Directions

  1. Preheat oven 425 degrees.
  2. Grease a 9 1/2" pie pan with butter.
  3. Combine crust ingredients in a medium bowl then press mixture over bottom and sides of pie pan.
  4. Bake 5 to 7 minutes, until lightly toasted then set aside to cool.
  5. Pour cold margarita mix into a 2-quart sauce pan. Whisk dry gelatin in gradually. 
  6. Place over medium heat for 5 minutes. Stir constantly to dissolve gelatin. Remove pan from heat.
  7. Add milk and sour cream to pan; blend well.
  8. Zest lime peel with fine edge of a grater; take care to avoid the bitter white pith.
  9. Stir zest into margarita mixture and then pour into shell.
  10. Refrigerate pie for 3 to 4 hours or until set.
  11. Cut lime into thin slices or wedges. Cut pie into 8 slices and garnish with lime slices. Serve cold.

Recipe notes

If preferred, use a pre-made graham cracker crust instead of the pretzel crust.

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