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Welcome to Baking for Beginners.

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Welcome back to Baking for Beginners.

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If you've seen some of our other helpful
videos today, we are talking about

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making a crumb crust for cheesecake.

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So you can use a crumb crust usually
for cheesecakes or for a pie crust.

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You can make a crumb crust out of graham
crackers or random chocolate cookies.

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Totally fine,
as long as the cookie is pretty dry

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and there's not a whole bunch
of other stuff in there.

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Take the cookie,

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crumble it up in big pieces, and drop it
right into your food processor.

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Once you have enough in there to start
blended,

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you can see the graham cracker
texture is super fine.

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Same thing for any cookie you use.

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That's the texture you're looking for.

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Once you've obliterated
the heck out of these cookies,

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you proceed as normal or as per
the recipe that you're using.

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So I will just add my graham cracker
crumbs to a bowl.

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If you're using cookies
and those to a bowl and melted butter.

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Part of the reason people love using
graham cracker crust cookie crumb crust

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is because it's so easy, unlike something
like a pie crust made from flour.

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You don't have to worry about gluten
developing here because the cookie

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or the graham cracker has already gone
through a process of being made.

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If you've noticed

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that your crumbs are very dry
and they're not sticking together at all,

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add a little more melted butter.
See how it goes.

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Once you get to this point, it's
time to dump it into your prepared pan.

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So my pan has already been buttered
and I have a little parchment circle here

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ready to go.

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I'm going to put in the parchment circle
and dump in my cross.

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So you want to have just enough coverage
where you'll get about a quarter inch

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thick layer of crust?

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I like to spread it out
a little bit evenly

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and then just start pressing, pressing
your fingertips all the way around.

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Don't forget about the center.

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Press the center
and you can feel it become more dense once

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your crust is patted down nice and evenly
and there's not any loose spots.

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You're good to go either. Pre bake it.

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Some recipes want you to bake it or pour
your batter into that crust.

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So that's it for crumb crust.

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Remember, you can make a crumb crust
out of any dry cookie or even cereal

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and you can use it as a flavoring
component for the overall dessert.

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I'm Ali. Thanks for tuning in.

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for some other tips and tricks.