Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
extremely simple pink lemonade pie
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there is something comforting about the fact that
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__William Shakespeare
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It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Extremely Simple Pink Lemonade Pie
Ingredients:
1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened
1/2 of a 12 ounce size can of frozen pink lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 container [4 ounce size] frozen whipped toppin', thawed
red food colourin'
9 inch graham cracker crust***
Instructions:
1) Make a 9 inch graham cracker crust and let it cool compleletely.
[See ingredients and instructions below.]
2) Combine the ice cream, lemonade concentrate, whipped toppin',
and two to three drops food colourin' in a mixin' bowl.
3) Turn the ice cream mixture into a cooled graham cracker crust.
4) Freeze pie 'til firm, about four hours.
5) Let pie sit at room temperature for a few minutes prior to servin'.
***Ingredients for graham cracker crust:
6 tablespoons butter
24 graham crackers
1/4 cup white sugar
Instructions for graham cracker crust:
1) Preheat oven to 350�.
2) Melt 6 tablespoons of butter in a small saucepan.
3) Put about two dozen graham crackers in a plastic bag, then roll over the bag with a rollin' pin 'til the crackers are crushed fine.
4) Put 1 and 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs in a medium sized bowl.
5) Add 1/4 cup of sugar and the 6 tablespoons melted butter.
6) Blend together with your hands, then press into a 9 inch pie plate.
7) Bake for eight to ten minutes.
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