This gluten-free graham cracker crust is sweet, buttery, and SO easy to whip up. It’s essential for all of your favorite pie recipes, from key lime to chocolate pudding!
The trick to a good gluten-free graham cracker crust is to add 1 tablespoon of gluten-free flour along with the graham cracker crumbs to hold the crust together.
Every baker should have a great graham cracker pie crust recipe in their back pocket. This gluten-free graham cracker crust recipe is the perfect option for making all your favorite desserts gluten-free.
Traditional graham crackers contain gluten, but there’s good news!
All you need to do is swap out the graham crackers for a gluten free graham cracker brand, and you can enjoy the same traditional pie crust made with a graham flour base. You might also like the gluten-free oreo pie crust.
Check out this post on the top brands of gluten-free graham crackers!
This gluten free graham cracker pie crust recipe is made with simple ingredients: gluten-free graham crackers, melted butter, and sugar! It makes for one easy gluten free recipe!
You only need to bake this gluten free pie crust for 10 minutes, and then it’s ready to be filled with whatever delicious pie filling you prefer! (I love it with this gluten-free chocolate pie!)
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Why You’ll Love this Recipe
- Easy to make
- Quick prep time
- Three ingredients
- Buttery and delicious
Ingredients for You’ll Need
Here are the main ingredients for this gluten-free graham cracker pie crust!
- Gluten-free graham cracker crumbs: You can quickly make your own gluten-free graham cracker crumbs by blending gluten-free graham crackers in a food processor.
- Brown sugar: Brown sugar adds a bit of moisture and flavor to this crust. Granulated sugar will also work if needed!
- Butter: Use your favorite butter for this crust! I prefer unsalted, but if you like extra salt, go ahead and use salted butter. Do not use margarine—only real butter will give you the best results!
- Gluten-Free Flour: This is an ingredient I’ve started adding recently for an even better texture! It helps hold the crust together.
How to Make It
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Break up the graham cracker sheets and place them in a food processor. Pulse the graham crackers until they turn into crumbs. Pour the graham cracker crumbs into a large mixing bowl.
- Combine the gluten-free graham cracker crumbs, gluten-free flour and brown sugar in a mixing bowl and mix until well combined. Add the melted butter and stir until fully combined and all of the crumbs are moistened.
- Pour the buttery graham cracker crumb mixture into a pie pan.
- Press the crumbs firmly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 x 1.5-inch pie pan. (Tip: Do the sides first!)
- Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes. Remove the crust from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes while you make the filling.
Storage/Make Ahead Instructions
You can save time by preparing your pie crust a day or two before serving the pie. Just make the crust, cover with plastic wrap, and keep at room temperature until ready to assemble.
You can also freeze your pie crust before baking if you want to make it a week or more in advance. Just remember to let it thaw before baking.
How to Use This Crust
Now that you have a perfect gluten-free graham cracker pie crust recipe, the possibilities are endless! Cream pies, ice cream pies, and even fruit pies are the perfect compliment to this kind of pie crust.
Any pie that calls for an Oreo crust can also be made with a graham cracker pie crust, and vice versa. It just depends on your preference!
If you’re stumped on what to make with your baked crust, here are a few pie recipes to inspire you.
- Vegan key lime pie
- Gluten-free cheesecake
- Gluten-free no-bake cheesecakes
- Dairy-Free banana cream pie
- Dairy-free coconut cream pie
- Chocolate cream pie
- Vegan chocolate pie
- Vanilla ice cream pie
- Lemon meringue pie
- Gluten-free sweet potato pie
- Gluten-Free peanut butter pie
- S’mores pie
- Gluten-free pumpkin cheesecake
- Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie
- Strawberry pie
FAQs
Yes, most graham cracker pie crusts have gluten in them, since they are made from graham crackers that contain gluten. However, this pie crust is made with gluten-free graham crackers and is completely safe to eat on a gluten-free diet.
Making gluten-free graham cracker crust is easy: simply blend gluten-free graham crackers in a food processor, add melted butter and sugar, press the crust into a pie dish, and bake.
When making a baked graham cracker crust, you can substitute graham crackers for Oreos, pretzels, chocolate wafers, or any other crisp cookies.
Expert Tips & Tricks
- When pressing the crust into the pan, start with the sides first. This will ensure you have enough crumbs for the side and make the crust more evenly dispersed.
- Consider substituting graham cracker crumbs with a different variation of crisp, gluten-free cookies, such as gluten-free Oreos, chocolate wafers, gluten-free digestive biscuits, etc.
- A measuring cup is the perfect tool to get an even, firm crust as you press the crumbs into the pan.
- Press the crust into a spring-form pan if you’re making a cheesecake.
- If your crust falls down on the sides while in the oven, you can use your measuring cup to patch the sides while it is still hot.
(PS I love it for this gluten-free key lime pie!)
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I hope you love this recipe as much as we do! If you try this crust, be sure to leave me a comment/rating below. I’d love to hear from you!
Easy, Gluten-Free Graham Cracker Crust
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups gluten-free graham cracker crumbs 180 grams, I use one 5.6oz box of Schar graham crackers
- 1/4 cup brown sugar 50 grams
- 1 tablespoon gluten-free flour
- 4 tablespoons butter melted and slightly cooled (56 grams)
Instructions
- Blend graham crackers in a food processor until they turn into crumbs. Pour the graham cracker crumbs into a large mixing bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Combine the gluten-free graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and flour in a mixing bowl and mix until well combined. Add the melted butter and stir until fully combined and all of the crumbs are moistened.
- Press the crumbs firmly into the bottom and up the sides of a 9 x 1.5-inch pie pan. (Tip: Do the sides first!)
- Bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes. Remove the crust from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes while you make the filling.
My GF kiddo recently requested key lime pie for his birthday, and this was the crust recipe I used. It turned out great and tasted just like a regular graham cracker crust!
You would never know that the crust is gluten free! Super delicious! I plan to make this recipe from now on. Its just as tasty and isn’t too hard on the stomach.
I always bought graham cracker crusts from the store, so it was my first time making it from scratch! Turned out perfect! Thanks