Homemade Graham Cracker Crust

Josh's birthday is coming up and one of his favorite things is cheesecake.  This year I decided to make a cheesecake from scratch....but to start I needed a graham cracker crust.  You can buy these at the store for $3 or so but everytime I buy one it's always cracked by the time I get it home, very powdery and limited on taste.  I'm not sure when I started using this recipe from Betty Crocker but it's very easy and I bet you have all the ingredients that you need.

1 sleeve of graham crackers
3 tablespoons of sugar
3 tablespoons of butter

I like a thicker crust so I use more graham crackers and butter; but that it the beauty of it!  If you want a thinner crust just use less.  The recipe above will give you the same consistency as the store bought.

I love to get Rory helping in the kitchen any chance I get and this is a perfect recipe for little hands to help with.  We started by breaking down the crackers and putting them in a larger plastic bag.

Then we mash up those crackers!

...and mash and mash and mash!

Next scoop your sugar in.

Give the bag a good shake so the sugar is mixed in.

Then add in your butter and mix with a fork.  Once the all the grahams are coated in butter press down with wax paper or a spatula. 

Then bake at 350 degrees for at least 10 minutes. My crust was thick so I baked it about 20 minutes. You will know it's done with the graham starts to brown and your kitchen smells amazing!

I'm so thankful I have boys that don't mind the cleaning up process!