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dessert

Carlota De Limon

Carlota De Limon is an iconic Mexican dessert made with layers of Maria cookies and a mixture of creamy milk & fresh lime juice. It's so delicious and easy to make!

Prep 15m
Cook 240m
Total 255m
Yield 16 servings

🥄 Ingredients

  • 3 7 oz packs maria cookies + more to garnish (optional)
  • 100 grams butter (melted)
  • 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk (400 gr)
  • 1 7.6 oz can media crema (225 gr)
  • 12 ounce cream cheese (350 gr) (at room temperature)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 fresh lime juice (juicy limes)
  • 1 large juicy lemon
  • Note: it should be ½ cup lime/lemon juice combined

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Make the cookie crust:

    Make the cookie crust:

  2. Make the filling:

    Make the filling:

📊 Nutrition (per serving)

232 kcal Calories
28 g Carbs
8 g Protein
11 g Fat

Nutritional values are estimates from the original source.