We have used this family brownie recipe for years, and it always produces gooey, delicious brownies.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 5 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 (9-inch) crust |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups finely ground graham cracker crumbs
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (Optional)
Instructions
- Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, melted butter, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl; mix until well blended. Press mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
- Follow directions for a baked or no-bake crust.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 176 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Cholesterol | 23 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 157 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Have made this many times and always wonderful. I use 1 package of graham crackers/ box contains 3, and it always measures up correctly
Perfect and delicious crust. Wonderful with key lime pie!
This is a great recipe. I’ve made it many times. You are truly missing out if you skip the cinnamon. It is not overly cinnamon-y, it just adds another dimension of flavor! I use cinnamon graham crackers, also. My family loves this crust! I use it with All Recipe’s highest rated (only 5 ingredients!) key lime pie. Be sure to read the reviews first, you’ll find some good tips for making your pie.
Great graham cracker pie crust with or without the cinnamon. Definitely will make this again.
This is my modified goto Graham Cracker Crust for a 9″ crust: 1) 2 Cups/8.8oz./250gr Graham Cracker Crumbs 2) 3 Tbsp Granulated Sugar 3) 8 Tbsp Unsalted Butter 4) 1/2 Tsp Sea Salt
Agree with other reviewers, leave the cinnamon out especially if this spice is not a good addition to the pie filling you are using. I used this for a key lime pie and was pleased with the outcome. Did put the crust in the fridge for about 30 minutes prior to baking the filled pie, giving the crust a crisper texture.
Perfect Graham cracker pie crust!
Followed this recipe to a T (w/o cinnamon) and it came out wonderful. This will definitely be my go-to recipe for graham cracker crust!
To get 1 and a half cups of graham crackers, I used one wrapped “section” of a Honey Maid box of cinnamon Graham crackers. There’s about 8 in each wrapped section. (3 sections in a box). Hope that helps!
I made as directed but I think it was dry. I should’ve added more melted butter. Didn’t stay together well
I have made this recipe many times without the cinnamon and it is delicious and I receive many comments on it! I use it for my no-bake cheesecake recipe and it is the best!!!
This is the 2nd time I’ve used this recipe in about a week. The first time I didn’t use the cinnamon, but I did the 2nd time. I really can’t even tell it’s there, so I will omit it from now on. Honestly, this homemade crust takes so little effort and takes any pie to the next level. I’ll be using this recipe for all my pies calling for a graham cracker crust.
very easy but also found that reading reviews on the number of crackers to use to make crust was incorrect. NOT a whole box for 1 pie. extra does freeze well and added more butter so it stays together better. no sugar in my crust. It’s sweet enough
Delicious graham cracker crust! Super easy to make, buttery and was perfect for my peanut butter pie! Will be using this again, for sure-yum! Thanks for sharing
Pie rookie here, used half grahmcrackers half spiced cookies and brown sugar for Christmas Dutch Apple pie. Everyone was amazed with the crust and flavor. Was my first attempt at making my own crust and I will be using again.
I think baking this crust for 10 minutes at 350* really helps. 🙂 Cool before filling.
I used light brown sugar instead of the refined white sugar. And a handy dandy top…. I used regular Graham crackers, I started breaking the crackers and when I had most of them smashed up I put them all thru a wire mesh strainer. I used the mortar to finish grinding the crackers. I had my entire crust nice and fine. No big chunks to contend with. It took 3 to 4 minutes to feed all the crackers thru the strainer and very well worth the time.
taste great but, i read and several reviews stated that they could feel the grit of sugar in their crust so, i decided to melt the sugar in the warm butter. Bad idea. Crust tasted great but, the melted sugar turned it into concrete. i had to chip it out of the pie pan bending a metal spatula and sending pie shrapnel all over the kitchen ruining my pie and spatula. this was my fault, not the recipe’s.
Simple & sweet. The cinnamon really makes it great.
Easy to follow
I omitted the sugar and cinnamon. Used 3 cup’s Graham crackers crumbs to 12 tsp of butter and it was perfect consistency then I bake for 9 mins at 350. FYI I used my food processor to make the crumbs. 3 full packs of Graham crackers or 1 full standard box. I had enough for 2 pie crusts. I use the crusts for my chocolate pie at Thanksgiving!