Kremas (Cremas)- Recipe and pics included

My brother and his wife came to visit today and she took the last drop of my Kremas. So I had no choice but to make this post today or it wouldn't happen until God knows when ...

I love Kremas. Pure and simple, but every time I look for recipes online (because my mom does not deal with measurements) I can never find a recipe how my mom does it. So, I'm putting the simplest form of mine out there. This is (mostly) how my mom taught me and she makes the best kremas you'll ever taste :)

For those who do not know Kremas is like the official wedding drink of Haitians... People fight for it, hide it, and share it (hehe). It's that goodness that you get on special occasions, during happy times, and oh did I mention that it's mostly sugar and a dash of alcohol? Yeah so that's your under 21 warning lol

Ingredients
meat of 2 coconuts- grated
1/2 gallon of milk
2 cans of condensed milk
2 cans of evaporated milk
4 cups of sugar (see note)
2 Tbsp vanilla
~ nutmeg
~ cinnamon
zest of  a lime (optional)
Real Haitian liquor or 153 proof  if you cant find it

Instructions
Step 1. Boil the 1/2 gallon of milk  along with cinnamon sticks for 15-20 minutes- Let cool completely

Step 2. grate coconut or I suppose you can buy it like that?

Step 3.Put milk in a large bowl and add grated coconut

Strain mixture into another bowl

Step 4. Add sugar- lots of it

Step 5. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and lime zest
Stir the mixture with wooden spoon (my mom swears that the wooden spoon is important) and let mixture sit for a little bit I usually leave it overnight so the sugar can "fonn" which i guess means mostly dissolved

Step 6. Strain mixture one last time

Step 7. Add evaporated milk and then condensed milk

Step 8. Add vanilla and lastly add your liquor and I supposed you can leave it out if you dont drink alcohol but that would defeat the purpose for me lol.

and Voila!
Real Haitian Kremas

This made enough for

 So reduce to half if you dont want as much

Note:  I ended up puttling more sugar than I measured because my mom thought it wasn't "pwes" enough meaning it wasn't thick enough and the sugar is mostly what adds the thickness

So that's it! Hope you enjoy

P.S. I know I promised the recipe for Macaroni and Cheese. It's coming really soon, I just need to get pictures and we'll be set...For real this time :)