Banana Cream Pie With Graham Cracker Crust And Meringue Cake' title='Banana Cream Pie With Graham Cracker Crust And Meringue Cake' />Pumpkin Supreme Layers of our traditional baked pumpkin pie and a pumpkin supreme filling inside our flaky pastry crust. Topped with a border of real whipped cream. The Best Pudding Pie With Graham Cracker Crust Recipes on Yummly Easy Banana Cream Pie, Lemon Chiffon Cheesecake, Graham Cracker Cream Pie. No Bake Banana Split Dessert Graham cracker crust, cream cheese filling, bananas, pineapple, strawberries, whipped cream, nuts, chocolate a cherry on top Popular Posts. Disney Family Game Night. The Best Disney Cupcakes. Top 10 Disney Princess Recipes for your DisneyWeekend. The Ultimate Disney Pizza Party. Creamy, fruity, or laced with chocolate, a sweet pie is guaranteed to elicit raves from family and friends. First up With crust above and below, this classic apple. Graham Cracker Crust Recipe for baked pies or no bake piesThis post may contain affiliate links. For more information, read my disclosure policy. A graham cracker crust recipe for baked pies and no bake piesWe could also title this post The Anatomy of a Graham Cracker Crust. In other words, were making our own graham cracker crust from scratch today and itll be the best graham cracker crust youve ever had You can use it for no bake pies or you can bake it first. Thats a summer win if you ask me Graham cracker crust is one of my favorite pie crusts. I dont think I can choose an absolute favorite, because I love all of them too much. But a good graham cracker crust is a must have in your baking arsenal. So many pies can be made to pair with the graham cracker flavor because its so versatile. You can fill it with creamy smores chocolate pudding or even an easy blueberry lemon dessert filling. Now, I know you can buy ready made graham cracker crusts at the grocery store. Theyre found in the baking aisle and all you have to do is pop off the top and pour in your filling. Theres absolutely no work, so I totally understand the draw of those crusts. Ive used them in a pinch, and they were a pretty standard thing on our shopping list when I was growing up. Theres really nothing wrong with themBut. I think everyone needs a from scratch graham cracker crust recipe in their arsenal. What if you want a pie right now and cant get to the store And, lets face it. As good as those store bought crusts are, they sorta taste like the aluminum foil pie tin, right Or is it just me Store bought is great in a pinch, but homemade is always better. So today, Im showing you my favorite from scratch homemade graham cracker pie crust recipe. And this is even more perfect because you can use it for recipes that call for baking the crust OR you can use it no bake. Because when its 1. Sacramento, the last thing you want to do is turn on your oven. A no bake pie is not, in fact, no bake when you have to bake the crust for 1. This pie crust is good both ways. Photo Stamp Remover 1 0 Rust on this page. You can bake it if you wantor you can simply fill it. Either way, itll turn out yummy and crunchy, without any sort of tin aluminum flavor. Ready for the anatomy of the perfect graham cracker crust So many things go into making this easy pie crust, so we have a photo heavy post today. Im showing you every step of the process, so you can be sure and make the perfect graham cracker crust tooLets get started First, you need graham crackers. Obviously. You have two different options when starting with graham crackers whole and crumbs. One is cheaper, one is easier. Want to hear a dirty little secret I use graham cracker crumbs 9. Im lazy and I hate cleaning my food processor. Plus, I use them so often, its just easier. But in the interest of doing a step by step recipe for you, I decided to do a little test. Should you buy whole graham crackers Or crumbs It doesnt matter. Not in the slightest For both of the crusts I made for you today, I used generic graham crackers regular, not low fat and Keebler Graham Cracker Crumbs. Keebler is the most recognizable brand, although some stores do sell generic versions. The only problem with using one or the other is what the recipe youre using calls for. What if youre using whole crackers but it calls for crumbs How many do you crushHeres a tip to using graham crackers for the best graham cracker crust 3 full graham cracker sheets approximately 12 cup graham cracker crumbs. You can use that guide to adapt whatever recipe youre using. Or, just use this one, because I included both measurements. Now, say youre starting with whole graham crackers. Do you HAVE to have a food processor NOBut, er, why dont you have one Seriously, best kitchen appliance ever after my mixer. This is the food processor I have. Go buy yourself a gift. I tried crushing the crackers in my food processor and in a plastic bag using a rolling pin and, when compared with the store bought crumbs, they were all exactly the same. Moral of the story use your favorite graham cracker or crumbs, and crush them the easiest way for you. Next, lets talk about ingredients and ratios. The graham cracker crust on the side of the box of Keebler Graham Cracker Crumbs uses 1 14 cups of crumbs to 13 cup melted butter. I used that recipe for my base they know what theyre talking about, after all, but I changed it up to fit my needs. First, 1 14 cups of crumbs is great, but I like my crust THICK. Im a crust girl, after all. I changed the amount of crumbs to 1 12 cups. But that also meant that I had to adjust the amount of butter. The trick to any crust is the amount of fat to other ingredients. This is especially true in a cookie or cracker crust and even more so in no bake crusts, because the butter is the binding agent. Too much butter greasy. Not enough it falls apart. I upped the amount of butter to 7 tablespoons measured, then melted for this recipe. Lets talk about sugar for a second. Thats fine, you can use that if you want. I like using brown sugar. Brown sugar is my favorite kind of sugar, and graham crackers are very brown sugary. It fits. I used unsalted butter so I added some salt not pictured and I also added cinnamon. Cinnamon gives the crust a little secret flavor that goes with just about everything. But, if youre not a cinnamon person, you can leave it out. Next up mixing. As inits easy to mix your own crust. No mixer, no food processor needed. You dont even need a wooden spoon. I mix all my dry ingredients with a fork. I like how a fork works for mixing together the crumbs, and then again when adding the butter. It makes it more crumbly somehow. Once youve mixed in the melted butter, it looks like this Its the texture of very coarse sand. You pour this mixture into a 9 pie plate. Make sure you measure your plate. I think this would even do well in a 9 12 pie plate. But anything over or under that and you need to edit the recipe. Another secret to the perfect graham cracker or cookie crust is compacting the crumbs. You need to really, really compact them, especially if youre not baking it. I use the bottom of a glass for the bottom of the pie plate. Press it good Then I use my fingers for the sides. Again, use a lot of pressure. Try to get it as even as possible. Then, your graham cracker crust is all done You now have two options 1. Chill the crust for at least one hour before filling with your no bake filling. Chill according to the recipe directions, then cut and serve. The crust is semi crunchy and perfectly sweet. It may crumble a little more on cutting than the baked version, but itll hold together nicely. Bake the crust for 1. F. Let it cool completely, then fill and chill according to the recipe directions. A baked graham cracker crust will be more crunchy and be less crumbly, but you have to use your oven. There is a third option, which I havent tested yet, but Im 9. You can also use this pie for a baked pie like this one. It would be a combination of 1 and 2 above chill the pressed crust while preparing the filling, then fill and bake according to recipe directions. Either way you make it, this graham cracker crust is the best base for your pies. Its easy, comes together in mere minutes, and tastes way better than packaged. What will you fill it with How to make the PERFECT Graham Cracker Crust Use real butter for best results.