Chocolate Nut Crust
Chocolaty, Nutty, Cinnamony, delicious! Cinnamon and chocolate make a perfect combination of flavors.
Recipe type: Dessert | Pie Crust | Crumb Crust | Cookie Crust
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Recipe Notes
Pan: One 9" Pie Pastry Prep: Bake Before Filling Oven Temp: 350° Yield: Single Crust 9" Storage: Cover Room Temperature or Refrigerate
Ingredients
Chocolate Nut Crust:
- 1 cup Chocolate Cookie crumbs, finely ground (Use a cookie such as Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers, or the chocolate cookie portion of Oreo cookies)
- ½ cup walnuts or pecans, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Chocolate Nut Crust:
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine cookie crumbs, nuts, sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter. Stir until thoroughly mixed and mixture is crumbly.
- Pour the chocolate crumb mixture into a 9 inch pie pan. Using the back of a large spoon or the flat bottom of a measuring cup or drinking glass, press the crumb mixture firmly and evenly across the bottom and against the sides of the pie pan.
- Bake: Bake 10 minutes. The edges may be just slightly browned, but you do not want the edges or crust to over-brown. Remove from oven. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- The pie crust may be cooled completely on a wire cooling rack or used warm, according to the pie recipe.