page_title: Graham cracker crust
section_title: Origin
hierarchical_section_title: Graham cracker crust / Origin
caption_attribution_description: English: A chocolate cream pie with a graham cracker crust and macadamia nuts
context_page_description: Graham cracker crust is a style of pie crust made from crushed graham crackers. Graham crackers are a sweet American cracker made from unbleached, whole wheat graham flour. The crust is usually flavored and stiffened with butter or vegetable oil and sometimes sugar. Graham cracker crust is a very common type of crust for cheesecakes and cream pies in America.
  Graham cracker pie crusts are available as a mass-produced product in the United States, and typically consist of the prepared crust pressed into a disposable aluminum pie pan.
  Variations use crushed cookies or Nilla wafers as substitutes for the graham crackers.
context_section_description: The invention of the graham cracker crust is credited to Monroe Boston Strause, who was known as the Pie King and also invented the chiffon pie.
caption: A chocolate cream pie with a graham cracker crust and macadamia nuts
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