Crumb Pie Shell

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Categories: pie-cobbler-cheesecake-pie crust

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups fine crumbs
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted

Directions

  1. Mix crumbs and sugar together; stir in butter. Line pie pan with mixture by pressing it firmly into place. Chill for 20 minutes or bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 10 minutes. Cool.
  2. Cinnamon-Add 1/2 tsp. cinnamon to bread or graham cracker crumbs.

  3. Use crumbs of the following: Chocolate cookies, Cereal flakes; Gingersnaps; graham crackers; toasted bread; vanilla wafers; Zwieback.

  4. Brazil Nut- Omit crumbs and butter and use 1 2/3 cups ground Brazil nuts. Proceed as above.

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