Sugar-Free Key Lime Pie with Pecan Crust
If you love tangy, creamy, refreshing desserts, this sugar-free key lime pie may be your new favorite. It has a zesty lime filling and a buttery pecan crust.
Key lime juice is super tangy, so start with 1/2 cup and taste as you go.
Video tutorial: https://youtu.be/MSZLvZBqlzc
Sugar-Free Key Lime Pie with Pecan Crust
Ingredients
Pecan crust
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 4 tbsp butter, melted
- 2 tsp granulated keto sweetener
Filling
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream
- 16 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/3 cups powdered keto sweetener
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2–1 cup key lime juice
- 2 tbsp lime zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Finely chop the pecans, then mix with the melted butter and granulated sweetener.
- Press into your serving dish and bake about 10 minutes, until golden. Let cool completely.
- In a large bowl, whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks.
- In another bowl, beat the cream cheese, powdered sweetener and vanilla until smooth. Pour in the lime juice while mixing, tasting as you go. Stir in the lime zest.
- Gently fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until smooth.
- Pour into the cooled crust. Freeze 1–2 hours, then thaw completely before serving.