Milnot Cheesecake

Submitted by gypsysoul

"my grandma used to make this all the time. one of our family favorites... there are 2 other similar recipes on recipezaar, but they aren't quite the way i've grown up making it. be sure you are using Milnot Evaporated Filled Milk or something similar. I've tried many times to change the ingredient list on this recipe to reflect that it is an evaporated milk, *not* sweetened condensed milk, but food.com seems intent on making Milnot "sweetened condensed milk". There is no such thing. Use evaporated milk if you must substitute for the Milnot brand. (it seems this edit may possibly stick, but I wanted this note in here to lessen further confusion.) edited october 20th to emphasize cold beaters and milnot: as reviewer cinda lou pointed out, the cold beaters and milnot are very crucial to the recipe. don't skimp on that step! i put the beaters in the freezer for a few minutes and the milnot in the fridge for a couple hours before making the cheesecake."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• 3 ounces lemon Jell-O gelatin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 13 ounces milnot evaporated filled milk, chilled
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted

directions

1. dissolve jello in water; cool.
2. cream sugar, vanilla, and cream cheese.
3. add jello; mix well.
4. whip milnot with cold beaters until fluffy.
5. fold milnot into jello mixture.
6. add butter to graham cracker crumbs and pack into a 9x13 pan.
7. add filling to crust.
8. sprinkle with more graham cracker crumbs.
9. keep refrigerated.

Reviews

[Lou P.]

This was the only cheesecake I ever knew and my grandmother used to make it all the time. I loved that it was so light and refreshing. The only thing she did different was used the zest of 1 lemon and the juice from that lemon and mixed it in with the cooled lemon jello. She didn't put vanilla in it but I can see that would only add more flavor to this wonderful dessert. She also added 1/4 cup powered sugar to the graham cracker crumbs then added the melted butter and made the crust. I am so thrilled to find that someone else knew about this lemon jello cheesecake.

 

[smarshalek]

Milnot changed from Palm Oil to Soy and you can no longer get it to whip. Tried putting it in freezer and bowl and whisk in fridge but it didn’t help. Love this recipe but can no longer make it because the Milnot doesn’t whip, sad!

 

[Freda B.]

Excellent recipe & my childhood favorite. I also cannot find Milnot here in Raleigh NC. Milnot is filled evaporated milk rather than regular evaporated milk. So look for any brand of filled evaporated milk. I can find this one in the regular grocery & the back of the can says manufactured by Milnot. Try the Hispanic grocery as well . This beats up into whipped cream consistency.

 

[plcadieux]

I'd like to know what everyone is doing now that Milnot doesn't work for the cheesecake recipe. I can't imagine living the rest of my life without this cheesecake. I have been lugging Milnot from Chicago to California for the past 40 years since I moved here and discovered Milnot is not sold in out here. What really ticks me off is that Smucker's buys the Milnot brand and then changes it so that it's useless. Somebody should have told them, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." What to do? This is my most requested dish to bring to potlucks, family get-togethers, meetings, etc. Please help!

 

[Lkfish57]

My mom made this in strawberry and added frozen strawberries. In the 1960's they came in an oval can in the feezer section of the market. You had to use a "key" to open them. I remember her whipping the milnot. Thanks SO MUCH. Our family has been searching for this recipe since my Mom died.