Ingredients
- 1 can Condensed Milk
- 1 packages Philladelphia Cream Cheese
- 1 large Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 packages Marias/Gamesa Mexican Style Cookies
- 1 1/4 cup Butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Do NOT pre-grease pie pan.
- Butter in the crust acts as its own non-stick agent.
- Grate or finely chop whole package of cookies in blender, powder consistency is ideal
- Pour cookie powder into pie pan and add butter.
- Butter is best measured by eye, add butter slowly and work cookie powder into butter to form a dough.
- Be careful not to bring mixture to a greasy consistency.
- Should still appear dull rather than shiny
- Once dough has been created flatten in pie pan and work up edges evenly until you have a uniform pie crust
- Rinse blender or with handheld mixer blend cream cheese, egg, vanilla, and condensed milk until smooth and creamy.
- At this point you can taste the mixture and add more vanilla as per taste
- Pour mixture into prepared pie crust and then place on center rack in oven
- Allow appx.
- 20mins to bake, pie should have risen and edges should no longer be a beige color but a faint golden brown.
- Add or reduce baking time to achieve this color as ovens vary
- Do NOT place cheesecake immediately in fridge, it will spoil and turn sour!
- Remove cheesecake and allow to cool at room temperature for about 1hr or until top no longer feels warm to the touch
- Once cool you may now refridgerate.
- Best served chilled.
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