Graham Cracker Crust Recipe
For a low-fat dessert, you can’t beat the graham cracker crust! My grandma used to make homemade pie crusts all the time, and most of the time I just don’t have it in me to get out the old rolling pin to make a thin apple pie type crust. That and the fact that her secret was to used real butter and a bit of shortening in the mix.
No – there’s an easier way, and you can stay low-fat and make it quickly by just using this easy graham cracker crust recipe. There’s just a bit of sugar, and you can use margarine for the butter. Now, to make it even simpler what I usually do is get a Jello sugar free pudding to put in this once it’s done – and then I have a chocolate, banana creme, lemon, or other pie in just minutes! All you have to do is add the pudding once this comes out of the oven and put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes to set!
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 6 Tbsp. butter (I use lite margarine)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and mix all ingredients. Press mixture into 9-inch pie pan and bake until crust is set about 7-8 minutes. For most pie recipes the crust must be cooled, so set on the stove until completely cooled (but that’s pretty darn quick usually).
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