Cereal Pie Crust

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 cups breakfast cereal (flaked or puffed)
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup sugar (omit if the cereal if presweetened)
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 roll or grind the breakfast cereal. there should be 1 1/2 cups after crushing.
• 2 combine with the melted butter, sugar (if using), and cinnamon.
• 3 an easy way to form the crust is after mixing to press another pie pan of the same diameter firmly into the dough. when the top pan is removed a crust of even thickness is underneath.
• 4 trim any excess that is forced to the top edge.
• 5 crumb crusts need not be baked before filling, but if used unbaked, must be first chilled thoroughly or the filling will immediately disintegrate the crust.
• 6 if baked before filling, they require a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes. it is best to cool the empty baked shell before filling.
• 7 fill a prebaked shell with chiffon fillings, bavarian creams, or gelatin whips topped with sweetened whipped cream, or with custard or fruit filling, which may be covered with a high meringue.