Dessert: Nut-Crusted Key Lime Ice Cream Cupcakes Recipe | MyRecipes

Recipe by Julia Dowling Rutland One bite of these scrumptious Nut-Crusted Key Lime Ice Cream Cupcakes, and you'll be whisked away to a tropical place.

Ingredients

1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup slivered almonds
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
3 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
2 teaspoons lime zest
1/2 cup fresh Key lime or Persian lime juice
Garnishes: whipped cream, lime wedge slice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper cupcake liners. Combine first 6 ingredients in a food processor; process until nuts are ground and mixture is thoroughly blended. Press into bottoms and partially up sides of prepared cups. Bake 5 minutes; cool completely.
Stir together ice cream, lime zest, and lime juice in a mixing bowl. Spoon about 1/4 cup ice cream mixture into each crust; freeze until firm. Garnish, if desired.

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