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Graham Cracker Crust
"This is a great graham cracker crust, not dry or crumbly. It is sweet, almost like caramel. I recommend filling it with Recipe #115634. This will make a 9 inch crust but you can easily adjust it to make a taller 10 inch cheesecake crust."
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- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
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1 9 inch crust
ingredients
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 1⁄3 cup light brown sugar or 1/3 cup white sugar, for less sweet crust
directions
- Mix ingredients together.
- Press onto bottom and up sides of pan until desired size.
- Bake silver pan at 350F for 8-10 minutes, or dark pan at 300F for 8-10 minutes.
- Fill!
Questions & Replies
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If I'm using this to make a cheesecake, do I cook the crust by itself then fill it with the cheesecake then cook again? Or do I fill it before it's cooked so it only cooks once? Will it get too brown?
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How many graham crackers for 1 cup of crumbs? -
I made a lemon blueberry cheesecake desert. It was 13 x 9. The filling was great, but graham cracker crust much too hard. The crust recipe was 3 cups graham cracker crumbs, 3/4 cups melted butter and 1/4 cup sugar baked at 350 for 14 minutes. I let it cool completely, added the filling then refrigerated overnight. Crust is so hard I can't cut it with a fork! Please help! Thanks! -
Making a graham cracker crust for individual paper cup cake holders for mini key lime pies. Do i bake the the crust in the holders before putting the key lime mixture in the baking cups?
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Can I use a square pan for cheese cake.
Reviews
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This was really good and really easy! I used cinnamon graham crackers from Trader Joe's and the result was REALLY good! -
I used this recipe for my pumpkin pies this Thanksgiving and it was perfect! I did not bake the crusts beforehand since it takes so long to bake pumpkin pies. Everyone raved and it was SO easy!
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I baked it with the filling in it. It turned out great! -
Smells incredible coming out of the oven! You don't get that with store-bought. Pretty quick and easy. I just used one whole package (I think it's 8 whole crackers), which gave me a little more than 1 c., but it turned out ok.
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So good and easy! I added some cinnamon, fresh grated nutmeg and.a pinch of salt. Made the whole house smell great and went.lovely with my tart lime pie :)
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Tweaks
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Like the other commenters, I used about 1 1/2 cups of crushed graham crackers. When measuring the sugar, I did about a 65/35 brown to white sugar ratio. I also added about 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
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I should have read the tweak before making this crust. Definitely need more crackers to go up the edge of the pan.
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Added a few extra crackers.
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