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Should I still use 3 egg yolks to make more filling? I only need about 1/4 inch more to fill up the pie cruust.

I'm making a key lime pie from the recipe on Nellie's Key Lime Juice.
The regular recipe calls for 3 egg yolks, lime juice, and sweetened condensed milk. I just realized it isn't entirely filling a 10-inch graham cracker crust, so I need to make more. Should I still use another 3 egg yolks to make the new batch, even though I won't end up using even half of it? The filling now leaves about 1/4 inch from the top of the pie crust. Any and all suggestions are more than welcome, and thank you, in advance!

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NancyJune 9, 2023
If you are able to estimate how much less than another full batch is needed, make only a portion - for example. 1/3 or 2/3x.
If you fear doing this won’t provide enough filling for the 10 inch pie, make another full batch.
Then use whatever you need for the pie and bake the rest as a separate custard.
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Pieguy23$June 10, 2023
That is perfect!!!! I'm so crazy! lol
Thank you so much, Nancy!
Have a great day!
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