Mimis Graham Cracker Pie Recipes

GRAHAM CRACKER PIE

Steps:

• To Make Crust: In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Mix well, then stir in softened butter or margarine. Mix until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
• Generously grease an 8 inch pie pan. Press graham cracker mixture evenly into pan. Chill until ready to use.
• To Make Filling: In a heavy saucepan, mix together sugar, flour, and salt. Gradually add milk, stirring well. Add egg yolks and whisk until mixture is smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Stir in vanilla extract and allow mixture to cool.
• Pour cooled filling into crust and chill before serving.

MIMI'S GRAHAM CRACKER PIE

Steps:

• CRUST:.
• Mix the first three ingredients well.
• Press into a pie plate, saving about 3 tablepoons for the top.
• Bake at 400 degrees till lightly browned, about 7-8 minutes.
• FILLING:.
• In a saucepan put the milk, sugar, cornstarch, salt, and egg yolks.
• Cook over medium heat till it comes to a boil; boil about 1/2 to 1 minute and take off the heat.
• Add the vanilla and let sit a minute while making meringue.
• Whip the eggs whites using a couple of tablespoons of sugar to make a meringue.
• Put the custard in the graham line pie plate.
• Add the meringue and saved graham cracker topping.
• 400 degrees till golden.

GRAHAM CRACKER CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup of sugar, butter or margarine, teaspoon of the salt, cinnamon and gelatin, if desired.
• Mix well and press into bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake at 400°F 8 to 10 minutes; remove and cool on wire rack.
• In top of double boiler, scald milk.
• In small bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the remaining sugar, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and cornstarch; mix well and slowly add to hot milk, beating with wire whisk.
• Cook mixture over hot water, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Cover pan and cook another 10 minutes without stirring.
• Blend a little of the hot mixture into beaten egg yolks; return egg yolk mixture gradually to mixture in double boiler.
• Cook two minutes, stirring constantly.
• Cool; add vanilla and put into cooled crust.
• In medium bowl or electric mixer, add dash salt to egg whites and beat at high speed until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add remaining six tablespoons sugar and beat until meringue forms stiff peaks.
• Spread on top of filling sealing to the edges of the crust.
• Bake at 325°F about 30 minutes, or until meringue is lightly browned.
• Chill before serving.

MIMI'S SOUR CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Beat eggs until smooth.
• Add softened cream cheese, sugar and 1 tsp.
• vanilla.
• Pour into graham cracker crust (graham crackers mixed with melted butter or store bought).
• Bake at 325 degrees for about 25 minutes or until it doesn't shake.
• Cool 5 minutes Combine the sour cream, sugar and 1 tsp.
• vanilla.
• Pour on top of cooled pie.
• Bake for another 5 minutes.
• Refrigerate for up to 4 hours.

GRAHAM CRACKER PUDDIN' PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 375 degrees F.
• Crush crackers using a ziplock bag and rolling pin.
• Add sugar and soft butter, mix well.
• Press crumb mixture into deep dish pie pan.
• Bake 7 minutes and cool.
• Filling: Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and egg yolks in a bowl.
• Add warm milk slowly to sugar mixture.
• Pour back into a sauce pan and cook over med.
• heat stirring constantly until thickened.
• Add vanilla and cool slightly.
• Pour filling into a cooled crust.
• Cover filling w/ a thin coating of butter and cool.
• Meringue: Beat room temp.
• egg whites, salt and sugar until slightly stiff and shiney.
• Add cream of tartar and beat until white firm stiff peaks.
• Spread meringue over pie making sure it touches the crust to prevent shrinking.
• Place under an oven broiler and let meringue brown a bit.
• Watch carefully as this takes only a minute.