Walnut Graham Cracker Crust Recipes

BASIC GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST

Steps:

• If the recipe you're making requests a baked pie shell, preheat the oven to 375 F.
• For an unbaked pie shell, chill for an hour in the refrigerator before filling. To loosen a chilled crust so it will release from the pie plate easily and in one piece, heat the bottom and sides of the pie plate with a damp kitchen towel which has been rinsed in very hot water.
• For a baked pie shell, bake it for about 8 to 10 minutes. For a firm pie shell, bake it for 10 to 12 minutes, or chill it thoroughly in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
• Place the pie shell on a rack and cool completely before filling.
• Enjoy!

HOMEMADE GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the crumbs and sugar; add butter and blend well. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. pie plate., Refrigerate for 30 minutes before filling, or bake at 375° until crust is lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack before filling.

WALNUT PIE CRUST

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients. Press the nut mixture firmly into bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie plate.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for about 10 minutes, or until the edge is golden brown. Cool.

NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Chop walnuts or pecans (I did mine in the blender).
• Melt butter and mix with the nuts in a pie plate.
• Add sugar and salt and pat into bottom of pie pan.
• Oila! Cooking is done, and you're ready to fill your crust.

GRAHAM CRACKER-NUT CRUST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix ingredients until blended; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• Bake 10 min. Cool completely before filling.

NUTTY GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST

Steps:

• Lightly butter pie pan and set aside.
• Combine nuts, brown sugar, and flour in the container of a food processor; process in a number of long bursts until the nuts are very finely chopped.
• Transfer the mixture into a big bowl.
• Run your fingers through the mixture, breaking up any bigger pieces the machine may have missed.
• Stir in the graham cracker crumbs, cinnamon, and salt.
• Add in the butter and mix well.
• Mix first with a fork, then with your hands, and rub everything together thoroughly to form evenly dampened crumbs.
• Spread the crumbs evenly and loosely in the pie pan, pressing them into the bottom and up the side.
• Refrigerate 5-10 minutes.
• Place on the center oven rack in a 350° oven and bake 7 minutes.
• Let cool on wire rack before filling.
• For ice cream pies or other icebox pies, refrigerate the thoroughly cooled pie shell for 10 minutes before filling.