Simple Lime Dessert

mariel
mariel @cook_3594660

My grandmother used to make us this dessert in mexico and growing up i always thought it was difficult until i asked her the recipe and i found out how simple and cheap it was to make myself now that we live far apart.its sweet but not too tart

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Ingredients

20 mins
15 servings
  1. lime puree
  2. 2 cancondensed milk
  3. 2 canevaporated milk
  4. 6limes
  5. 1green food coloring (optional)
  6. cookie layer
  7. 2 packagesmaria cookies
  8. 1 canevaporated milk

Cooking Instructions

20 mins
  1. 1

    pour 2 cans condensed milk and 2 cans of evaporated milk in blender and blend at low speed

  2. 2

    zest 3 limes add to blender then add juice of 6 limes to blender and blend at a higher speed until mixture becomes really thick (green food coloring optional)

  3. 3

    in a small bowl pour third can of evaporated milk

  4. 4

    dip cookies one at a time in the evaporated milk and start making a layer of cookies at the bottom of a deep glass baking dish

  5. 5

    pour lime puree over the cookies until covered

  6. 6

    repeat steps 4 and 5 until you run out of either puree or cookies

  7. 7

    garnish with nuts, limes, or fruit and place in fridge for atleast 3 hours or until it gets thicker for serving it will defenitly be messy so fair warning

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Angiela2291
Angiela2291 @cook_2719882
This sounds so good. Can't wait to try making it!

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