Pecan Graham Crust
"Posting this for a Zaar friend who needs low sugar recipes but loves coconut! Hope she can tweak this for her dessert recipes."
photo by Daymented
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place graham cracker crumbs, pecans and coconut flakes on a cookie sheet.
- Place in oven for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
- Remove the crumb mixture and let cool.
- In medium bowl, melt butter in microwave, about 30 seconds depending on your microwave.
- Add crumb mixture to butter and mix together well making sure butter is well incorporated.
- Use as crust for your favorite cheesecake, torte or cream pie.
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Reviews
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i really liked the flavor of this crust, but mine didn't hold together at all. i followed the directions exactly, so i can't imagine what went wrong....maybe more butter would hold it together? -
excellent crust- such a nice change from using astandard graham cracker crumb, like previous reviewer i used it with the key lime pie- i need to say though that i only toasted the nuts and coconut for 5 minutes- when i went to stir it, it was already starting to get real brown. i used sweetened coconut, so maybe that is why -
WOW this was really good - topped it with Key Lime Pie (#41575) and Vanilla Whipped Cream (#74805) and it was a perfect combination! A couple notes: (1) Don't bake the graham cracker crumbs - only the coconut and pecans - the graham crumbs burned for me and I started over. (2) Make sure the coconut and pecans are chopped well - it makes it much easier to pack into the pie pan. Mine was a bit chunky!
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Aroostook
United States
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