
nutritional info
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ingredients
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- 1can evaporated milk
- 1 can Magnolia Brand® sweetened condensed milk
- 5 eggs
- 12 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 280 grams Maria cookies or graham crackers
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, divided
- 2 sticks of butter, melted and cooled
instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
- In a food processor, pulse the pecans a few times until finely chopped. Transfer to a bowl. Add the cookies and process until very fine, just like bread crumbs.
- Add the cookies to the bowl with the pecans and add the melted butter. Mix until it starts coming together like dough. Divide the dough between the two 9″ pie dish and press firmly into the bottom and up the sides of the pans. Set aside.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to a blender and blend until very smooth. Just a couple of minutes.
- Carefully pour the mixture in the two prepared pies and transfer to the preheated oven. Bake for 1 hour until set and a cake taster comes out clean.
- After the pies are done, turn the oven off and leave the door of the oven partially open. Let the sit inside the oven for 30 minutes.
- Remove the pies from the oven and let them come to room temperature before transferring them to the refrigerator or freezer to chill.
- Recipe by our friend Marisol from @marisolcooks