1930’s Key Lime Pie 3 Ways Recipe History & Origins... The history of key lime pie is a tough one to tell. Mostly because since the end of WW2 this pie has become the cornerstone of the identity of the Florida Keys, and their trade in tourism. The Key Lime Pie recipe is steeped in mythology and mystery - probably because up until the mid 1930's the Key Lime Pie Recipe was just another mundane pie found in old cookbooks. It ranked well below other types of pies at the county fairs in Florida, and other styles of pie were regularly featured in books and newspapers. These are the 3 earliest dated, documented, published, key Lime Pie Recipes that we can find.
*Before the mid - late 1930’s if a recipe from Florida called for ‘Lime’ they would have been referring to ‘Key Limes’.

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1935 Caribbee Colony Key Lime Pie
Ingredients:
½ cup lime juice*
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3 eggs
2 Tbsp sugar for filling
6 Tbsp sugar for meringue

Method:
Squeeze and strain juice from Key Limes, beat egg yolks and sugar until thick, add lime juice and condensed milk.
Blend and pour into pan lined with graham cracker crumbs and butter.
Make a meringue of egg whites and sugar, beat until it stands in peaks and cover filling.
Bake at 325ºF 15 minutes, chill before serving.
Saturday October 3 1936 Miami Herald

**1935 Mack’s Place Key Lime Pie
Ingredients:
3 eggs
½ cup lime juice*
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp hot water
½ tsp salt

Method:
Beat egg yolks until very light, add lime juice, salt, hot water and half the sugar.
Cook in double boiler until thick.
Whip egg whites stiff, add sugar and fold into egg yolk mixture.
Pour into pastry shell and bake in a moderate oven (350ºF) until brown.
Saturday October 3 1936 Miami Herald

1933 Tropical Chiffon Lime Pie
Ingredients:
1 can condensed milk
¼ cup evaporated milk
3 egg yellows
1/3 cup lime juice*

Method:
Butter 9” pie tin heavily.
Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs about ¼” thick for crust, pressing crumbs well up on sides of pan.
Pour in uncooked custard and cover with meringue, using 3 egg whites and 3 Tbsp sugar.
Brown in moderate oven and allow to set for one hour before serving.
Mrs. Mabel McClanahan, 313 William Street Key West Florida Saturday April 15 1933 Miami Herald

*Before the mid - late 1930’s if a recipe from Florida called for ‘Lime’ they would have been referring to ‘Key Limes’.

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