Talk about having your cookie and eating it, too! Be sure to try this crust with classic Chocolate Cream Pie (page 102), Coffee–Heath Bar Crunch Pie (page 118), Chocolate–Peanut Butter Dream Pie (page 104), and Candyland Pie (page 137). For an especially simple treat, you can fill this crust with vanilla ice cream—it’s the easiest ice cream pie you could ever hope for.

　　

Ingredients

Makes one 9-inch crust

　　1 1/2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs (approximately 20 Oreo cookies)

　　1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

　　2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

　　2 tablespoons whole milk

　　

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

　　

Step 2

Place the Oreo cookies and cinnamon in a food processor (see page xviii) and pulse them together until they are ground down into fine crumbs. In a medium bowl, mix together the crumbs and melted butter, using a fork to combine. Add and incorporate the milk, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, stopping when the crumbs are moist enough to mold into a pie shell (this may take only 1 1/2 tablespoons of milk to accomplish).

　　

Step 3

Spread the Oreo crust mixture evenly across the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate so that it covers the entire dish. There should be no gaps in the crust. Bake for 5 minutes. Cool the pie shell for 30 minutes before adding your desired pie filling.

　　From Perfect Pies: The Best Sweet and Savory Recipes From America’s Pie Baking Champion © 2011 by Michele Stuart. Reprinted with permission by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Buy the full book from Penguin Random House, Amazon, or Bookshop.