Homemade Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

A graham cracker crust in a white pie plate.

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Homemade Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

Homemade Graham Cracker Crust is a buttery, slightly sweet crust made from crushed graham crackers, melted butter, and a touch of sugar. Perfect for cheesecakes, pies, and tarts, it adds a rich, crumbly base!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword homemade graham cracker crust

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings servings

Calories 159kcal

Author Sue Ringsdorf

Ingredients

1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs from about 1 ¼ sleeves of crackers
3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter - melted

Instructions

Process graham crackers. Use a food processor to crush the graham crackers into coarse crumbs.
Combine ingredients. In a mixing bowl, combine the processed crumbs, melted butter, and granulated sugar.
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs, 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
Mix ingredients. Stir the mixture until well combined.
Press into plate. Transfer the mixture to a 9-inch pie plate that has been prepped with baking spray. Press the crumbs firmly into the pie plate and up the sides of the dish.
Bake crust. Bake the graham cracker crust in a 350-degree oven for 9-10 minutes.
Cool. Let crust cool on the countertop.

Notes

You can make the crust in advance. Just cover it tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate it for up to 2 days, or freeze it for up to a month.

Here are some recipes that we use this graham cracker crust:

French Silk Pie with Graham Cracker Crust

Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie

Pumpkin Pie in Graham Cracker Crust

Cream Cheese Fruit Tart

S’mores Cookie Bars

Plus we use them in our mason jar desserts - Mason Jar Apple Pie and Pumpkin Pie in a Jar

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