This article is from the Key West FAQ, by Rob Miracle rwm@MPGN.COM with numerous contributions by others.
1 pound butter
4 cups sugar (plus 2 tablespoons)
12 whole eggs
12 separated eggs
2 cups key lime juice
4 baked 9" pie shells
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cream the butter and 4 cups of sugar.
Add 12 whole eggs and 12 egg yolks, 1 at a time. beat until smooth.
Add the lime juice. place mixture in pie shells. Bake 30-35 minutes
until filling is firm.
To make meringue, beat 12 room temperature egg whites with 2 table
spoons of sugar until stiff peaks form. Heap on pies and return to
oven until brown.
 
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