Crumb Crust

Crumb Crust

Makes 1 (9-inch) regular piecrust or

1 (9-inch) deep-dish piecrust

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups crushed cookies or crackers, such as: vanilla wafers, graham crackers, gingersnaps, saltine crackers, or round buttery crackers

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon kosher salt (omit when using buttery crackers or saltines)

6 tablespoons butter, melted

Vegetable cooking spray

Directions:

Process crushed cookies or crackers, sugar, and (if used) salt in a food processor until finely crushed and well combined. Add melted butter, and process until thoroughly combined. Press on bottom, up sides, and onto lip of a lightly greased (with cooking spray) 9-inch regular pie plate or 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Freeze 30 minutes to 1 hour or while preparing fillings.

*Goes with: Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie, Strawberry-Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie with Baked Gingersnap Crust, Key Lime-Buttermilk Icebox Pie with Baked Buttery Cracker Crust, Mango-Lemon-Buttermilk Icebox Pie with Baked Saltine Cracker Crust, Peach Divinity Icebox Pie and many more.