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Graham Cracker Pie Crust Recipe

This easy press-in graham cracker pie crust recipe uses graham cracker crumbs and butter to make a crunchy pie crust.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 2 ingredients
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Graham Cracker Pie Crust Recipe

Why it works: Flour and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Graham Cracker Pie Crust Recipe

1 (9- to 9-1/2-inch) pie crust
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

557Calories
13 gProtein
13 gFat
95 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs