Hi guys, I'm Laura Vitale.
On this episode of Laura in the Kitchen, I'm going to show you how I like to make my 4
ingredient, unbelievably delicious frozen key lime pie bars.
Or, Key Lime Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches, it's the same thing, really.
So good, they take no time to put together, they're absolutely divine, and I promise you
if you serve these at the end of whatever get together you're having this Spring and
Summer, you will be the talk of the town, and they are so easy to make you will love
them.
Let me run you through the list of ingredients which is very short and sweet, kinda like
me!
So, short and sweet, graham crackers, whole gram crackers por favor.
You're going to need powdered sugar, lots of freshly squeezed lime juice and some lime
zest and heavy cream, that's it.
That's all you need and they're fabulous and you're going to love them.
So what I've done is I've taken a 9x9 cake pan, you know a square pan, lined it with
some plastic wrap because it makes it easier for you to get it in and out, then lined the
bottom with some graham crackers, you can put them to fit the 9x9 and it fits perfectly,
so now that that's done we are going to get going on making the filling.
And I'm telling you it is so good, I call it key lime pie because you can make this
with key limes, it will be amazing but they're like this big and there's like a drip of juice
in each one so it takes 65 hours to just get this amount of juice so I'm just going to
use regular limes.
In a large bowl, I'm going to add the powdered sugar, and the lime juice and zest and the
lime juice and the lime zest kinda starts to melt the powdered sugar a little bit and
I just give it a little mix with my lime green spatula.
I did that on purpose.
Alright, I'm excited because listen, Spring has sprung.
Okay, we have had a long winter and so I'm happy, I'm happy to have citrus and vibrant
things and do all the things outside, and it's going to be great!
Now, adding your heavy cream, and now using a handheld electric whisk, whisk until it
develops stiff-ish peaks.
Let's give this a little whisk.
You don't even know!But you will once you make it.
So good!
So tangy, so luscious - so light!
Ah these are so good!
Okay and then, you just pour this over your crackers, and then all you gotta do at this
point is just give this a little smear.
Just try to make it as even as you can get it, as even as possible.
Oh yeah!
I'll tell you what my dad, Papa Sal, loves lemons as I'm sure you've noticed, in all
of the things that we've done together.
Mmm!
He would love this.
Just trying to see how - okay.
And then you just, oh I broke one.
Okay.
You just lay them on top.
Like so.
And then you just take the overlapping plastic wrap, and you just cover them like so, and
now these are going to go into the freezer to set completely, about a minimum of I would
say about 6 hours, so keep an eye on that and I'll show you what they look like when
they're all set.
Alright, my bars were in the freezer overnight, now what I've done - you don't have to do
this but you know, i'm just taking a sharp large chef's knife and I'm just cleaning out
the edges, you know this is going to be my cook's treat, okay?
This is so good.
Mmm!
That way, when you cut into them, right?
Look at this.
Absolute perfection.
And then the very end, these little ones, right?
How perfect are these to keep in the freezer for like if you're anything like me and 10
o'clock strikes, you might want a sweet treat, it could be a Tuesday night but you're feeling
a little sweetness coming on.
That's where these come in handy.
But are these amazing or are they amazing?
And what you do, you just put them all in a platter right?
This is what I would do anyway, you put them all on a platter, sprinkle some powdered sugar
over top a few lime wedges hanging around, it's like the perfect Summer treat, and I'm
telling you if you are going to have a Cinco de Mayo party and these are not going to be
at the party, I do not want to be invited.
I'm just not going to show up because these are everything and you're going to love it.
I'm going to go in for this guy.
Mmm
An Ice Cream Sandwich has never been so good.
Really bright, not overly sweet which I love.
Perfect I think you're going to really love it.
Go to LauraintheKitchen.com, I'll get the recipe ready for you, make them and you better
tag me on social media so that I can see the proof that you have made them for your Cinco
de Mayo party.
Hope you have enjoyed spending time with me and I will see you next time.
Bye.