Quick and simple key lime pie recipe ready in just 10 minutes

Bigger Bolder Baking with Gemma Stafford
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Oct 21, 2026
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AI GeneratedThis video demonstrates how to make a quick, no-bake Key Lime Pie in just 10 minutes of active preparation. The presenter shares a simplified recipe that eliminates eggs to save time while maintaining a decadent texture, utilizing specific baking tools to streamline the process of creating the crust, filling, and decoration.
Hi Bold Bakers, the only thing better than dessert
is dessert made in just 10 minutes.
Today I'm gonna share with you one
of my favorite recipes and it is for a key lime
pie made in no time at all.
Also today you don't just get one video
but you get two thanks to my partnership with
Good Cook.
So after this I want you to head over
to Good Cook's YouTube channel and see how you can
make a decadent chocolate mousse in just 10 minutes.
We are all about easy 10 minute desserts today.
As always, the recipe for this pie can
be found on BiggerBolderBaking.com along with
all of the information about the good cook tools
that I used in this episode.
Okay, let's get started by making the crust for our pie.
Into a bowl we're gonna add in some crushed graham crackers,
and some melted butter.
And then just stir these two ingredients together well.
So one common question I get asked
is how can you substitute graham crackers for those
of you who can't buy it in your country.
Use any kind of a plain vanilla biscuit.
In Ireland I would use Digestives and they work really well.
Easy. I love pies like this because the crust
is actually one of my favorite parts.
So that's that. Now let's talk pie dishes.
This is a good cook nonstick nine inch pie dish. You
have to have at least one of these in your baking cupboard
because I use mine all the time. And just
a little fact about this, it has a lifetime guarantee,
which means you know that it is
good quality. I love this little dish and I use it a lot.
So now I'm going to take my
graham cracker crumbs, we don't need to grease this pie dish
or anything like that because it's
nonstick. And then just put in your pie crumbs.
And then with your hands go ahead and shape
it all around the edges.
All that delicious butter in there will help this set nice and
hard. This is looking good. It's all the way up
the sides. Now what we're going to do is
pop it into the fridge while we make the filling.
So here I have a nice big bowl. And into this
I am going to add in some room temperature cream cheese,
you want to be at room temperature
because it whips up so much better.
So here I have some whipping cream. Now you do need
whipping cream for this recipe it doesn't contain eggs
so we need this mix to get nice and thick
next we're going to add in some condensed milk now
this is going to be the sugar and the sweetness in
our pie and make it a little bit silky
if you don't have condensed milk in your country we
all know where you can make your own on my website there's
an easy recipe so our next ingredient are
limes of course so we need some zest
and here is my new favorite tool in the kitchen it is a
grater zester it gets your zest really lovely
and fine and it makes it so easy to do so just zest
your limes in there.
This little tool just makes zesting so much easier. So a key lime
pie is a very traditional American dessert
and the first time I ever had it was actually
in Ireland. It is really delicious.
If you like cheesecakes, any kind of soft no bake
pies, you're gonna love this. Okay, so that's our zest.
Now let's cut these open and get
the juice out of them.
So a good trick to get the most juice out of your citrus is to
roll it on the counter
and just kind of break down the insides a little bit. And that just
This makes it much softer and easier to juice.
And then cut it open.
So here I have a little juicer and strainer in one.
The great thing about this is you can put it over a jug
or a little bowl, then just
juice straight onto it.
I like to put it over a measuring jug
so I know how much juice I'm getting.
So you see all the juice I'm getting?
That's because I rolled it on the counter,
it really makes a big difference.
Okay lovely, we have our seeds separated,
all our juices in our jug, now let's pour
this into our cream cheese mix.
So then all we're gonna do is just
pour your juice into the cream cheese mix.
Then lastly a little bit of vanilla extract just
to bring all those flavors together.
So now here's the easy part, with an electric hand mixer
or you can even do this with a
hand whisk, we're gonna mix
this all together until it becomes nice and thick.
So on high speed for roughly around 3-4 minutes.
So the reason you can make this in just 10 minutes
is because if this recipe doesn't
contain eggs, we're eliminating
the eggs just like I did with my 10 minute tiramisu
and we're just getting all of those flavors,
same texture, everything in the one pie, which
just takes a lot less time.
So this is lovely and thick but if your mix needs more time
then keep on whipping up because
you want it to be nice and firm.
So my pie shell is set, I have my lovely filling,
and then just go ahead and fill it all the
way to the top.
I like really nice thick pies.
So do as much as you can get in there.
Now like I said this is a no-bake pie,
it does not go in the oven, it's gonna go straight
into the fridge.
So I'm gonna pop this in there, preferably overnight,
but say a minimum of around 8 hours
to make it set up nice.
Okay it's been a few hours, our pie is set nice and firm,
so now it is time to decorate.
Now this pie does not need a whole lot,
I'm just gonna put some simple rosettes of cream
on top.
So here I have some disposable piping bags,
they're from Sweet Creations by Good Cook,
I really really love these,
every baker should have them in their house.
Also a nice set of piping nozzles,
and all I'm going to do is just cut it off here, and
then I'm gonna fill this with some whipped cream.
So go ahead and pipe some nice big cream rosettes on top.
Using these nozzles are great because they do all the work.
You just do a simple little swirl, and it comes out looking lovely.
And then what I like to do is just lay
on some slices of fresh lime, and grate over
some lime zest.
Just to give it a lovely pop of color.
Gorgeous, this looks absolutely lovely,
but you know the moment of truth is when you actually
cut into it.
So let's see a nice big slice.
So if you've made one of my big and bold pies before,
you know I love a thick crust.
That's exactly what we've got going on over here.
And then with all that lime cream cheese filling,
this is absolutely to die for.
There's no doubt about it.
This is one of my favorite pies because it is like sweet,
but it's zesty, it's really
well balanced, and with the crust, mmm, textures are just amazing.
You're definitely going to want to try this one.
Whether you are a novice or an advanced bold baker,
anybody can whip up this decadent and
zesty pie in a matter of minutes.
Right now I want you to head over to Good Cook's YouTube
channel and check out my decadent chocolate mousse made
in just 10 minutes. And as always,
thank you so much for watching
and I'll see you back here really soon for more Bigger
Bolder Baking.
