Put The Lime In The Coconut Pie And Eat It All Up

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Ready In: 10 Minutes

Servings: 8

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Ingredients:

***pastry crust

1 cup all purpose flour, sifted

1/2 cup whole wheat flour, sifted

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1/2 cup butter flavored crisco shortening

4 tablespoons cold water

*****filling

3 tablespoons butter, softened

1 (3 oz.) pkg cream cheese, softened

4 tablespoons frozen limeade concentrate, thawed

1 cup powdered sugar, sifted

1 cup whole milk

1 (3.4oz) package vanilla flavored instant pudding mix

2 teaspoons coconut flavor

1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped, divided

******topping

1 cup whipped cream

4 tablespoons powdered sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon lime zest, for garnish

Directions:

1. *FOR PASTRY*
2. HEAT oven to 400 degrees F
3. COMBINE flours, cinnamon, ginger, salt & sugar in large bowl.
4. Mix well.
5. Cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles small peas.
6. Sprinkle water one tablespoon at a time over flour mixture until gently blend with fork until mixture is moistened.
7. FORM into a ball
8. Place on floured surface and roll out into 1/8 inch thick circle.
9. Gently fold pastry in half and place in 9-inch pie plate.
10. Crimp edges and prick bottom and sides with fork.
11. BAKE 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven, set aside and cool completely
12. ***FILLING***
13. COMBINE butter, cream cheese, limeade and powdered sugar in small bowl
14. MIX together milk and instant pudding in large bowl blending well with wire whisk until mixture begins to thicken, approximately 2 minutes.
15. Add coconut flavoring; mix well
16. WHIP heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Gently fold in one cup of whipped cream into pudding mixture.
17. Set aside.
18. Fold in remaining 1/2 cup whipped cream into lime-cheese mixture
19. SPREAD pudding mixture evenly over bottom of cooled pie crust.
20. Gently spread lime-cheese mixture over pudding layer
21. COVER with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight if possible
22. *WHIPPED TOPPING*
23. WHIP heavy cream with sugar and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
24. Top pie with whipped cream and sprinkle with lime zest and serve
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By RecipeOfHealth.com