Easy Recipe for Graham Cracker Crust

A hand presses a metal measuring cup into a pie dish filled with crushed graham crackers, forming a perfect graham cracker crust.

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Easy Recipe for Graham Cracker Crust

Over the years of baking pies, I have perfected my graham cracker pie crust recipe. Now, I’m going to teach you how easy it is to make this pie crust at home for no-bake pies and homemade cheesecakes!

Prep Time10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: graham cracker crust

Servings:

Author: Beth

Equipment

Ingredients

1 ½ cups (170g) graham cracker crumbs about 9 graham crackers
¼ cup (54g) brown sugar packed
6 Tbsp (86g) unsalted butter melted, 3/4 stick

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and brown sugar. Use your fingers or a spatula to mix the brown sugar into the crumbs.
1 ½ cups (170g) graham cracker crumbs, ¼ cup (54g) brown sugar
Stir in the melted butter, mix until fully combined. The mixture should be wet and sandy.
6 Tbsp (86g) unsalted butter
Press the crust evenly into a 9 or 10 inch pie pan or springform pan. Use the bottom of a measuring cup to pack the crust down.
If you are filling the crust with a no bake pie filling or making no bake cheesecake, place the crust in the fridge to chill until ready to fill.
If you are making cheesecake, pre-bake the crust according to the cheesecake recipe.

Notes

Calorie estimation is for one whole crust.

You can substitute chocolate graham crackers for a chocolate version.

Want to make oreo pie crust? Follow our recipe for oreo pie crust.

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