Pay de Queso (Mexican "cheesecake")

Name: Pay de Queso (Mexican "cheesecake")
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 c maria's cracker (or graham) crumbs; 1/3 c butter, melted; 12 oz evaporated milk; 14 oz sweetened condensed milk; 3 eggs; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 8 oz cream cheese

By Aurora McBee
@aurora

This recipe was given to me by my Mexican "mom" Redi, the mother of an exchange student I went to school with. Ninive, the exchange student, and I became great friends while she was here in the US and I have been to Mexico several times to visit her family.

I loved the texture of Pay de Queso and requested it on every trip to Mexico. Redi happily obliged and gave me a copy of her family's recipe.

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote5

Comments:

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Serves:

Prep:

15 Min

Cook:

45 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

2 c

maria's cracker (or graham) crumbs
1/3 c

butter, melted
12 oz

evaporated milk
14 oz

sweetened condensed milk
3

eggs
1 Tbsp

vanilla extract
8 oz

cream cheese
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How to Make Pay de Queso (Mexican "cheesecake")

Step-by-Step

Preheat oven to 350*.
Mix together the cracker crumbs and butter. Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of a 9" pie plate. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Beat together the remaining ingredients. Beat on med-high for about 1 minute. Pour into prepared crust.
Bake 40-45 minutes, until the middle is almost set and jiggles slightly. Refrigerate 3 hours before serving.
Serve plain, with fruit, or cajeta.

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About Pay de Queso (Mexican "cheesecake")

Course/Dish: Cakes Pies Other Desserts

Main Ingredient: Dairy

Regional Style: Mexican

Hashtags: #queso #mexican #cheesechake

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