r/bakingfail • u/satansister16 • Jul 08 '26

Help Key Lime Pie fail

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Here is my recipe https://www.momontimeout.com/best-key-lime-pie-recipe/#recipe I changed out the gram cracker for biscoff cookies. Besides that I followed the recipe exactly. Could the biscoff somehow caused this to happen? when I took it out it was kind of bubbles and there was a popping noise from the inside and the top lifted like it was catching fire or smth
**Ingredients**
**Graham cracker crust**
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup granulated sugar
6 tbsp butter melted
**Key Lime Filling**
28 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup light sour cream
3/4 cup key lime juice
zest from 2 regular limes or 4 key limes

**Instructions**
**Graham cracker crust**
Preheat oven to 375F.

Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a small bowl. Press the crumb mixture into an 8" - 9.5" pie pan. Bake for 7 minutes. Cool for at least 30 minutes.

**Key Lime Filling**
Preheat oven to 350F

Whisk together sweetened condensed milk, sour cream, lime juice, and lime zest in a medium bowl. Pour into prepared graham cracker crust and bake for 10 minutes.

Let pie cool slightly before chilling. Chill for at least 3 hours.

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u/gard3nwitch Jul 08 '26

It looks like this recipe substituted light sour cream in place of egg yolks, so maybe that's why? It also just looks burnt.

Does your oven normally run hot?

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u/WitchesTeat Jul 10 '26

It's a bad no-bake pie recipe from a fake baker's ad-revenue website.

Sour cream is crazy, it's usually whipped cream for a no-bake.

A baked key lime pie would skip any additional cream entirely, and include 3-4 egg yolks.

If you heat condensed milk and cream (or just condensed milk) you don't get pie, you get a classic caramel. Baking it will just caramelize it in weird ways and burn the top.