Karlas Cookie Crumb Pie Crust Food

HOW TO MAKE A CRUMB CRUST

Steps:

• Stir the ingredients together. Press into an ungreased pie or springform pan. Optional: For a crispier crust, bake at 350ºF for 5 minutes. Cool before filling.

CARLA'S CLASSIC PIE DOUGH

Steps:

• Dissolve the sugar and salt in 1/3 cup water and chill until cold.
• Pulse the flour and butter in a stand mixer until the mixture looks like coarse meal with some pea-size pieces. Add the water all at once and mix until the dough almost forms a ball. Divide the dough in half and flatten into two disks.
• Wrap each disk tightly in plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 30 minutes or up to 3 days. You can freeze the dough for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before rolling.

COOKIE PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, peel and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in butter.
• Stir in egg yolk and vanilla; mix till blended.
• Press evenly into pie pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees F about 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Cool before filling.

CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE WITH COOKIE CRUMB CRUST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Have a 9 inch pie plate ready.
• Crust: Mix cookie crumbs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
• Stir in melted butter until crumbs are evenly coated.
• Press evenly over bottom and up sides of pie plate.
• Bake 8 minutes or until set.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Filling: Mix sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt in a medium size saucepan.
• Whisk in 1 cup of the milk until smooth.
• (Make sure whisk reaches inside bottom edges of saucepan.) Whisk in remaining 2 cups milk.
• Bring to a gentle boil and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 9-10 minutes until thick.
• Remove from heat.
• Whisk egg yolks in a medium size bowl.
• Whisking constantly, gradually add about 2 cups hot-milk mixture to yolks.
• Pour this back into saucepan and simmer 2 to 3 minutes, whisking constantly, until slightly thicker.
• Remove from heat.
• Add chocolate, butter and vanilla and stir until chocolate and butter melt.
• Pour into a bowl.
• Place plastic wrap or waxed paper directly on surface to prevent skin from forming.
• Let cool about 30 minutes.
• Stir filling, then pour into prepared crust.
• Cover as before and refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• Just before serving, garnish with whipped cream and sprinkle by stirring it through a strainer.

YUMMY CHOCOLATE OR GINGERSNAP COOKIE CRUMB PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat oven, 350 degrees.
• Process cookies in food processor until crumbed. (Can use blender or rolling pin filled with cookies in Ziploc bag.).
• Mix crumbs, sugar, vanilla, and butter.
• If desired, reserve 2 tablespoons of crumb mixture for garnish.
• Press mixture firmly and evenly against bottom and side of 9-inch pie pan.
• Bake 10 minutes. Cool.

KARLA'S BANANA CREAM PIE

Steps:

• 1. In a small sauce pan heat milk up , just to the point of boiling but DON'T BOIL.
• 2. Beat the eggs in the top of a double boiler pan. To the beaten egg yolks , beat in the sugar , salt , cornstarch and butter and scalded milk.
• 3. Cook over boiling water in a double broiler pan until thick ; stirring constantly ; remove from the heat and add the vanilla and sliced banana's.
• 4. Pour into cookie crumb crust and chill.
• 5. https://www.justapinch.com/recipe/karla-everett/karlas-cookie-crumb-pie-crust/quick-easy-pie?k=cookie+crumb+crust&m=Karla59&p=1&o=r

GINGERSNAP COOKIE CRUMB PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Pulverize the ginger snap cookies in a food processor if you have one, if not, you can crush them with a rolling pin.
• Combine the first three ingredients and mix well.
• Using your fingers, press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 inch pie pan.
• To smooth and pack the crust, place another 9-inch pie pan down into the crust (as if you are stacking the pans) and press firmly.
• Brush the crust with egg white. (optional).
• Bake about 10 minutes at 375° or less. Watch closely as you do NOT want to overcook this crust.
• Remove from the oven and cool before filling.
• Goes great with my Super Easy Pumpkin Spice Dip recipe, or any pumpkin, sweet potato, or key lime pie that does not require baking.