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04-20-2019 04:43 PM
I guess the only hint I read online about using wax paper like cookie pan liner paper is the thing to do about keeping your graham cracker crust from turning hard and you can't cut it like in a banana pudding ?
Have to try that next time. Mine always sticks.
If anybody has any other tips concerning how not to have a hard crust pass it on.
04-20-2019 05:47 PM
Perfect Graham Cracker Crust {bake and no-bake}
04-20-2019 06:06 PM
When you have mixed the crumb base, tip it into the pan and spread it out evenly (a palette knife/metal icing spatula is good for this). Press the crumbs onto the base lightly using your fingers, making sure that you don't press too hard on the crumbs. For a smooth finish you could instead use the base of a glass or a metal mesuring cup, but again don't press too hard. Remember that the base will set more as it is cooked/chilled so the crumbs don't have to be packed completely solid.
If you find that the crumb base is still too hard, then you could slightly reduce the amount of butter used, though we would advise caution on this as the base could become too crumbly instead.
04-20-2019 06:11 PM - edited 04-20-2019 06:15 PM
I can never get graham cracker crusts to hold together, lol. My crusts fall apart.
04-20-2019 08:46 PM
Me too! I never could get one right. Either they are brick hard or they crumble and fall apart. So, I buy the ready made ones.
04-20-2019 08:51 PM
store bought ones are tasteless and stale.
Thanks for the recipe.
04-20-2019 10:15 PM
My bachelor son is a pretty good cook. He remarked that he had pecans from a tree in his yard and was going to try his hand at pecan pie. He asked about making a pie crust. I told him to keep it simple and just get one from the grocery.
When I showed up at his house he had gotten a store graham cracker crust for his pecan pie. No, it did not quite work with pecans!! But he still tries his hand at kitchen tasks.
We all laughed and ate the pie with a spoon.
04-21-2019 12:06 AM
I like butterfly123's caution--to not press the crumbs too hard.
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