Pie crust recipe
To make ice cream pie, you need pie crust. You can buy this from the bakery section of grocery store or you can make it at home. You can make pie crust for your taste. You need crumbs which may be crushed graham crackers or rice krispies or chocolate crumbs or even plain flour. Mix the crumbs with sugar, butter and little water. Make the dough lumps free and press the mixture into a pie shell approximately 9 inches. You can bake the crust for 10 minutes at 375 degrees or refrigerate for 30 minutes so that the pie shell is firm before adding the filling. Pie filling can be anything that matches your imagination.
Pumpkin ice cream pie with whipped topping
Ingredients
2 cup heavy cream, 1 cup whole milk, ¾ cup sugar, 12 oz pumpkin pie filling, 1 Graham cracker crust, 1 additional cup heavy cream, ¼ cup sugar, whipped topping of any flavor
Mix cream, milk and sugar and beat the mixture till everything is combined. Then add pumpkin pie filling and ice cream maker and churn for around 25 minutes. Then add graham cracker crust and smooth the mixture. Refrigerate for 3 hours. Then take out the pie and cut into pieces. Top with whipped cream of any flavor. The best would be vanilla topping with maple syrup or Hershey’s chocolate syrup.
Banana Split Ice Cream Pie
2 sliced bananas, 1 cup softened strawberry ice cream, 20 oz. crushed pineapple, 1 cup heavy whipping cream, ¼ cup chopped walnuts or almonds, 1 graham cracker pie crust, Chocolate syrup
Start filling the pie crust by placing banana slices at the bottom. Then add softened strawberry ice cream. Flat the ice cream layer and add crushed pineapple. Then whip the heavy cream and top the pie with cream and sprinkle nuts. Freeze the pie for 3 hours. Cut the pie into required number of pieces. and cherries. Pour the chocolate syrup and serve.
Peppermint ice cream pie
1 Chocolate pie crust, 1 cup peppermint ice cream, hot fudge sauce, ¼ cup crushed candy canes and ½ cup crushed chocolate bars
Allow peppermint ice cream to soften at room temperature. Add this softened ice cream to the bottom of pie crust till half filled. Then add hot fudge sauce and crushed candy canes. Then add the remaining ice cream to fill the pie crust. Sprinkle chocolate crumbs on the top and freeze the pie for 3 hours. Cut the pie into 8 to 8 pieces and serve.
You can make Oreo butter pecan pie with butter pecan ice cream topped with crushed Oreos and peanuts. The pie crust can be filled with finely chopped fruits along with low fat vanilla ice cream for those who follow diet restrictions. You can fill the pie crust to your taste and sky is the limit for your imagination. Try out different fillings for a great feast.