Graham Cracker Crust

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups (149g) graham cracker crumbs*
• 1/4 cup (28g) confectioners' sugar or glazing sugar
• 6 tablespoons (85g) butter, melted

Directions

1. To make the crust: In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine the crumbs, sugar, and butter.
2. Press the mixture into the bottom and partway up the sides of a 9" springform pan, 9" cheesecake pan, or 9" deep-dish pie pan.
3. If you're using a 9" by 1 1/2" pan, you'll have 1/4 to 1/2 cup of extra crumb mixture. This can become a garnish for the pie, if you like.
4. To prebake the crust: Place it in a preheated 375°F oven for 10 to 12 minutes, just until set and you smell the cookies toasting. Remove the crust from the oven, cool on a rack, and finish with the filling of your choice.
5. Tips from our Bakers
6. To make a chocolate cookie crust: Replace the graham crackers with 2 cups of chocolate cookie crumbs (about 40 chocolate wafer cookies).
7. To make a vanilla cookie crust: Replace the graham crackers with an equal amount of vanilla wafer cookie crumbs (about 62 vanilla wafer cookies).
8. To make a gingersnap crust: Replace the graham crackers with 2 cups of crushed gingersnaps (about 43 small gingersnap cookies).