Donna's 4th Of July Margarita Key Lime Pie

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
• 6 tablespoons of melted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup crushed dry roasted peanuts
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 1 large lime, juice and zest of
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• lime zest
• pretzel crumb

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 combine crushed pretzels, sugar, melted butter, and crushed peanuts.
• 3 using a spring form cheesecake pan, mash pretzel mixture into the bottom, making a crust and bake for 5 minute only! set aside.
• 4 beat softened cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, lime juices, zest, and vanilla until fluffy and smooth.
• 5 pour into the pie crust and bake for 15 minute or until set.
• 6 let pie cool and then refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 7 while pie is cooling, beat heavy whipping cream until soft peaks start to form. as you're mixing add the powdered sugar one tablespoon at a time until mixture is slightly stiff.
• 8 next add the whipped topping to the top of your refrigerated pie and top the whipped topping with a little more lime zest and or pretzel crumbs.
• 9 to remove pie from the spring form pan, using a butter knife, run the knife around the edge of the pie to loosen it from the sides and pop open the springform ring.
• 10 gently remove the ring and place pie on a glass cake plate. i use one with a pedestal and a cover.
• 11 after slicing the pie return it to the refrigerator.
• 12 enjoy!