Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Vanilla or butter cookie crumbs
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
• 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup Key lime juice or regular lime juice
• 1 tablespoon grated lime peel

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 9 x 2 inch square pan. Mix cookie crumbs and butter thoroughly with fork. 

Press evenly in bottom of pan. 

Refrigerate while preparing cream cheese mixture. 

Beat cream cheese in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in milk until smooth. Beat in lime juice and lime peel. Spread over layer in pan. 

Bake about 35 minutes or until the center is set. Cool 30 minutes. Cover loosely and refrigerate 3 to 4 hours until chilled. 

Can be topped with Fresh Whipped Cream, Cool Whip or sprinkled with powdered sugar.