Key Lime Pie, toasted coconut crust 🥥 I made three attempts at different crusts - first using my gf cream cheese crust but I didn’t use weights and the sides collapsed. Then I used crushed up Trader Joe’s gf snickerdoodles, but I burnt them while making crumbs out of them. Lastly, and fortunately - because this is a spectacular crust for a citrus pie - I made a coconut macaroon crust. Also: about key limes. I bought a bag of fresh ones and they just don’t taste like Florida key limes. It’s like Concord grapes grown in California - they are a shadow of what the original is and not worth using. The recipe: standard key lime recipe! It’s perfect as is. Sometimes I’ll add a few more teaspoons of juice because I like an acidic pie. Topping: unsweetened whipped cream. This pie is sweeeet, and you need a little unsweet yin to sweet pie yang. Filling: 2 (14-oz) cans sweetened condensed milk 5 large egg yolks 1 Cup key lime juice or lime or lemon or combo Zest from citrus if you like Whisk together, pour into pre-baked pie shell - you needn’t cool shell first, just pour into hot shell. Bake 350°f 15-20 minutes until set but a little wobbly still. Cool, chill well. Crust 1.5 Cups unsweetened coconut 1/3 Cup sugar 3 Tbs gf flour blend 1/8 tsp salt 2 large egg whites 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 Tbs water Mix all together, press into pan lined with parchment. Bake 350° until golden brown. You could lightly pre-toast the coconut in a 325°f oven first. I’ll probably do that next time. But just lightly since it gets pretty golden as it bakes. My only note on topping is don’t over-whip. You want nice soft swoops; over-whipping turns cream grainy. If it gets a little too stiff you can fold in a little more cream and it will smooth it out a bit. As for size of pan and quantities, this was in a 7.5-inch springform pan, lined with parchment on the bottom. There was some filling leftover which I baked separately. The crust quantity fit perfectly in this size pan, with the coconut going 1.25-inches up the sides. Probably double for a large tart shell of springform. #keylimepie #citruspie #coconutcrust #gfbaking #baking #glutenfreerecipes