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Graham Cracker Crust Replacement Ideas?

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torontosue Rookie
torontosue
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I'm supposed to be bringing a cheesecake to a Thanksgiving day celebration I'll be attending this coming weekend. I've gone over the recipe and realized it's all good and made with gluten-free ingredients with the exception of one important thing....the Graham cracker crust. Went to the health food store today to see if there was such a thing as a gluten-free graham cracker substitution and came up with a big nothing.

So, now it leaves me with a dilema.....what ELSE can I use to make the crust. If I go with the graham cracker crust, then I'll be sitting there watching everyone else enjoy my cheesecake, except me!!! But there must be some kind of crust I can make???? HELP

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happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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You can use ground up gluten free cookies - like Midel's ginger snaps.

Generic Apprentice
Generic
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kinninnick's make a gluten-free graham cracker crust. Laurel's makes a graham cracker mix that can be used as crust. try looking on Amazon.

RissaRoo Enthusiast
RissaRoo
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I love cheesecake! If you want, I can post a great recipe for a pumpkin spice cheesecake...it's sooooo yummy and I make it every thanksgiving. I use Midel gingersnaps for the crust, which complement the pumpkin pie spice of the cake. I put whipped cream on top, sprinkle on some nutmeg and then drizzle hot caramel over everything. Ohhhhhh man, now I'm hungry....

RissaRoo Enthusiast
RissaRoo
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Forgot to add...I've use Midel chocolate chip cookies for a regular crust. Pretty good, if you don't mind a little chocolate in your crust!

elonwy Enthusiast
elonwy
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I'm going to chime in with Pamela's shortbread makes an amazing crust. Just crumble and add a little butter. :)

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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I've used both the midel arrowroot cookies and the kinnikinnick animal cookies as a substitute for grahm crackers . . . and just use the same recipe as for the grahm cracker pie crust.

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torontosue Rookie
torontosue
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Thanks all for the ideas. I'm going to be in the neighbourhood of a different health food store today and will look there and see what they have. The ginger snaps are easy tofind, so if I can't get graham crackers I will use those.

And yes, it IS a pumpkin cheesecake. LOL

missy'smom Collaborator
missy'smom
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You can also use finely chopped nuts, either plain or with the butter and sugar that you would usually add to the graham crackers.

jkmunchkin Rising Star
jkmunchkin
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The graham crackers from The Grainless Baker make the most delicious graham cracker crust. Especially for cheesecake. That is what I always use.

purple Community Regular
purple
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I love cheesecake! If you want, I can post a great recipe for a pumpkin spice cheesecake...it's sooooo yummy and I make it every thanksgiving. I use Midel gingersnaps for the crust, which complement the pumpkin pie spice of the cake. I put whipped cream on top, sprinkle on some nutmeg and then drizzle hot caramel over everything. Ohhhhhh man, now I'm hungry....

Please post it...I am watching for yummy holiday recipes...THANKS!

purple Community Regular
purple
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This link has a recipe for a pie crust using Pamela's cookies...if you are short, you can just finely grind up some nuts to mix with the cookie crumbs:

Open Original Shared Link

Also "Cooking Free" has recipes for graham crackers, gingersnaps, chocolate and vanilla wafers you can make ahead of time and freeze until you are ready to make the pie. The vanilla wafers are scrumptious!

There is also a recipe in the book for crumb pie crust using her cookies.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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I love cheesecake! If you want, I can post a great recipe for a pumpkin spice cheesecake...it's sooooo yummy and I make it every thanksgiving. I use Midel gingersnaps for the crust, which complement the pumpkin pie spice of the cake. I put whipped cream on top, sprinkle on some nutmeg and then drizzle hot caramel over everything. Ohhhhhh man, now I'm hungry....

Why does everyone always say "I have a recipe if you want! Just let me know!"

This is the RECIPES section! OF COURSE WE WANT IT!!!!

:lol: :lol:

Give, woman!

purple Community Regular
purple
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Why does everyone always say "I have a recipe if you want! Just let me know!"

This is the RECIPES section! OF COURSE WE WANT IT!!!!

:lol: :lol:

Give, woman!

:lol: ditto :P

torontosue Rookie
torontosue
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LOL....well said, I'll find mine and share as well.

Why does everyone always say "I have a recipe if you want! Just let me know!"

This is the RECIPES section! OF COURSE WE WANT IT!!!!

:lol: :lol:

Give, woman!

angel-jd1 Community Regular
angel-jd1
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If you happen to have Analaise Robert's gluten-free cookbook. She has a great recipe for a cheesecake crust in her book. I use it all the time and everybody loves it!!

-Jessica

RissaRoo Enthusiast
RissaRoo
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Why does everyone always say "I have a recipe if you want! Just let me know!"

This is the RECIPES section! OF COURSE WE WANT IT!!!!

:lol: :lol:

Give, woman!

LOL...It's 'cause I'm lazy! I figure, I spend about a billion hours writing recipes on my blog, then I come here and write some, plus I'll sometimes post stuff on other sites. That adds up to about two or three billion hours a week writing down recipes! Ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating just a wee bit. It also has something to do with the fact that the pumpkin spice cheesecake recipe is hiding out on a shabby piece of paper somewhere in my kitchen, stuck in a cookbook...so somebody *really* have to want it for me to go digging through *that* mess! LOL

Seriously, though, I love sharing them and here it is (and I found the web address on the shabby piece of paper, so I didn't even have to re-write the whole thing! It's from Bon Appetite, the gluten-free adjustment and toppings are mine):

This needs to chill overnight, so plan accordingly.

Servings: Makes 12 to 16 servings.

Ingredients:

Crust

about 1/2 package Mi-del ginger snaps

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or Non Dairy sub., melted

Filling

4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 large eggs

1 15-ounce can pure pumpkin

1 cup whipping cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Topping:

1 pint whipping cream

1 cup sugar

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp. vanilla

gluten-free caramel topping in a squeeze bottle

Preparation

For crust:

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350

RissaRoo Enthusiast
RissaRoo
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btw, Jessica...love your avatar pic! That cat is just too darn peaceful, and the quilt is absolutely beautiful.

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sleepybeauty Newbie
sleepybeauty
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LOL...It's 'cause I'm lazy! I figure, I spend about a billion hours writing recipes on my blog, then I come here and write some, plus I'll sometimes post stuff on other sites. That adds up to about two or three billion hours a week writing down recipes! Ok, so maybe I'm exaggerating just a wee bit. It also has something to do with the fact that the pumpkin spice cheesecake recipe is hiding out on a shabby piece of paper somewhere in my kitchen, stuck in a cookbook...so somebody *really* have to want it for me to go digging through *that* mess! LOL

Seriously, though, I love sharing them and here it is (and I found the web address on the shabby piece of paper, so I didn't even have to re-write the whole thing! It's from Bon Appetite, the gluten-free adjustment and toppings are mine):

This needs to chill overnight, so plan accordingly.

Servings: Makes 12 to 16 servings.

Ingredients:

Crust

about 1/2 package Mi-del ginger snaps

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or Non Dairy sub., melted

Filling

4 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 large eggs

1 15-ounce can pure pumpkin

1 cup whipping cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Topping:

1 pint whipping cream

1 cup sugar

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp. vanilla

gluten-free caramel topping in a squeeze bottle

Preparation

For crust:

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
Posted
I'm so excited I can't wait to try this! YUM!!!

I know... That caramel topping stuff is gonna kill me.....

angel-jd1 Community Regular
angel-jd1
Posted
btw, Jessica...love your avatar pic! That cat is just too darn peaceful, and the quilt is absolutely beautiful.

Thanks!! I guess he has at least 1 person fooled ;) He's awfully onrey.

-Jessica

ek327 Newbie
ek327
Posted

I like Josef's graham crackers--regular and chocolate--for crusts. almost more like a nilla wafer. Glutino or glutano used to make one that I can't find anymore, it was great.

Guhlia Rising Star
Guhlia
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He's awfully onrey.

-Jessica

I had to read this twice before I caught that it said ONREY instead of other things.... lol

angel-jd1 Community Regular
angel-jd1
Posted
I had to read this twice before I caught that it said ONREY instead of other things.... lol

hahahha

purple Community Regular
purple
Posted

I found this recipe today:

Chocolate Cookie Crust

Stir together 1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs (gluten-free), 1/4 cup Hershey's cocoa, 1/4 cup powdered sugar, and 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) melted butter in a medium bowl.

Press mixture firmly onto bottom and 1/2" up side of a 9" springform pan. Bake 8 minutes @ 350 degrees.

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