Easy Graham Cracker Pie Crust Recipe

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This homemade graham cracker crust is so easy to make and so delicious! Once you try making your own graham cracker pie crust, you’ll never use the store-bought one ever again!

Best Ever Graham Cracker Pie Crust

The crumb of this amazing crust is so tender, it just melts in your mouth! Try this graham cracker pie crust with the pumpkin cheesecake – it tastes so epic!

Easy Graham Cracker Pie Crust

Homemade graham cracker crust tastes so much fresher that store-bought, you won’t believe it!  The store-bought pie crust sits in a box for months or years, and it’s loaded with preservatives and chemicals to keep it fresh.  By making your own graham cracker pie crust, you are avoiding unnecessary chemicals and getting a much better tasting crust!

Graham Pie Crust

Best of all, making graham cracker pie crust is very easy.  The whole recipe is using just 3 ingredients and takes less than 20 minutes to make.  In fact, graham cracker crust is the easiest crust to make, it’s much simpler than regular pie crust as there is no need to roll the dough!

How To Make Graham Cracker Crust

How To Make Graham Cracker Crust

This yummy graham cracker crust is made using just 3 simple ingredients: graham crackers, butter and sugar.  You need to crush the graham crackers into crumbs – you can do it with a food processor or by hand using a rolling pin.

Crushing Graham Crackers In A Food Processor

If you own a food processor, that’s the easiest way to turn the crackers into crumbs – just put the graham crackers in a food processor bowl fitted with a steel blade, and pulse using the crackers are completely crumbled into crumbs.  If you don’t own a food processor, you can still easily make the graham cracker crumbs – just put the graham crackers in a ziploc bag, close the bag and roll on top of the bag with the rolling pin until all the crackers are crushed.

Easy Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

Once you turned graham crackers into crumbs, just mix the crumbs with sugar and butter until well combined.  Next, press the graham mixture with your hands into the bottom and the sides of the greased pie pan, so it looks like a pie crust.  Finally, bake the graham cracker crust in the oven at 375F for 7 minutes.  Baking the crust helps keep it together so it doesn’t fall apart.  Let the crust cool completely before filling it with the filling.

Graham Cracker Crust For Cheesecake

This homemade graham cracker pie crust will work with both bake or no-bake pies. Yes, even though you already pre-baked the crust, you can bake it again once you add the filling!  If it’s a no-bake pie, just fill with the filling and you are done.  If it’s a bake pie, then fill with filling and bake again.  This graham cracker crust is universal and works for all pies and tastes amazing!

Graham Cracker Crumb Pie Crust Recipe

Here are some amazing pie recipes to try out with your homemade graham cracker crust:

Best Ever Pumpkin Cheesecake – cheesecakes are amazing with the graham cracker crust!

Lemon Meringue Pie – sweet and sour and so refreshing, this lemon meringue pie is amazing!

Easy Pumpkin Pie – truly foolproof pumpkin pie recipe, super easy!

Best Ever Apple Pie Recipe – yes, apple pie can also be made with graham cracker crust, it’s so yummy!

If you are also looking for traditional rolled dough pie crust recipe, check out my food processor pie crust – it’s the ultimate pie crust shortcut!

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Easy Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

This homemade graham cracker crust is the best ever! So easy to make and works for both bake and no-bake pies! Once you try this easy recipe, you'll never use store-bought graham cracker pie crust!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time7 minutes
Total Time17 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 8 graham crackers makes 1 1/4 cup crumbs
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 6 tbsp butter melted

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375F. Spray a non-stick 9-inch round pie dish with a cooking spray.
  • Put graham crackers in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until the crackers turn into crumbs.
  • Add the sugar and butter to the food processor bowl and process until the mixture is combined.
  • Press the graham cracker mixture into the bottom and sides of the pan, making a crust.
  • Put the graham cracker crust in the oven and bake for 7 minutes.
  • Let the graham cracker crust cool completely before filling it.
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