Ginger Crumb Crust Recipe

Serves 8

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups Gingersnap crumbs
  • 3 ounces crystallized ginger, sliced
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

    • Instructions:

    1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees with a rack in the middle.
    2. In a food processor, process the crumbs, crystallized ginger, sugar and ground ginger until they're as fine as possible.
    3. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and add the melted butter.
    4. Set aside 1/4 cup of the crumb mixture for decorating the top of the pie.
    5. Press the rest of the crumb mixture over the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-inch deep pie pan.
    6. Bake the crust for 10 minutes.
    7. On a separate pan or sheet of foil, at the same time, bake the 1/4 cup of crumbs.
    8. Cool the pie shell completely before putting a cold filling.
    9. If the extra crumbs need to be crumbled, crumble them.
    10. Makes one deep 9-inch pie shell or 8-inch springform crust.