SUNDAE PIES (CRUST RECIPES~ ICE CREAM FILLING

      Title: SUNDAE PIES (CRUST RECIPES~ ICE CREAM FILLING
  Categories: Ice cream
       Yield: 6 Servings
  
       2    Or 3 kinds. Then garnish
            -with sprinkling of grated
            -unsweetened chocolate,
  
   Pick a Crust:
   
   SPICY-PASTRY CRUST: To 1/2 pkg. piecrust mix, add 2 tablesp. sugar
   and 1 teasp. cinnamon. Make into 8" or 9" pie shell as package
   directs- bake. Or make favorite pastry and bake in 8" or 9" pie shell.
   
   COCONUT-CHOCOLATE CRUST: In double boiler, melt 2 sq. unsweetened
   chocolate with 2 tablesp. butter or margarine- blend. Stir in 2/3 cup
   sifted confectioners, sugar mixed with 2 tablesp. hot milk; mix in 1
   1/2 cups snipped shredded coconut. Press to bottom and sides of
   greased 8" pie plate. Refrigerate to make firm. (Let stand at room
   temperature 15 min. before filling.)
   
   GRAHAM-CRACKER CRUST: Mix 1 1/3 cups graham-cracker crumbs with 1/4
   cup granulated sugar and 1/4 cup soft butter or margarine until
   crumbly. Press to bottom and sides of 9" pie plate. Bake at 375ų F. 8
   min.
   
   GINGERSNAP CRUST: Mix 1 1/3 cups gingersnap crumbs with 6 tablesp.
   soft butter or margarine until crumbly. Press to bottom, sides, 9"
   pie plate. Bake at 375ų F. 8 min.
   
   CHOCOLATE-CRUMB CRUST: Mix 1 1/3 cups chocolate-wafer crumbs with 3
   tablesp. soft butter or margarine until crumbly. Press to bottom and
   sides of 9" pie plate. Bake at 375ų F. 8 min.
   
   MERINGUE CRUST: Sift 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 1/8 teasp. cream of
   tartar. Beat 2 egg whites until stiff but not dry; gradually add
   sugar, continuing to beat until stiff and glossy. Use to line bottom
   and sides of well-greased 9" pie plate (up to but not on rim),
   hollowing out center to make bottom crust about 1/4" thick. Bake at
   275ų F. 1 hr. Cool.
   
   Fill with Ice Cream:
   
   At serving time, heap crust shell with ice cream that's complementary
   in color and flavor (1 to 2 pt. for 8" shell- 2 to 3 pt. for 9"
   shell). Or use coconut, or nuts.
   
   Or try:
   
   Chocolate-Crumb Crust, vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped
   cream
   
   Gingersnap Crust, vanilla ice cream, canned whole-cranberry sauce
   
   Graham-Cracker Crust, peach ice cream, slivered almonds or Melba Sauce
   
   Spicy-Pastry Crust, coffee ice cream, butterscotch sauce, shaved
   chocolate
   
   Coconut-Chocolate Crust, cherry-vanilla ice cream
   
   Meringue Crust, vanilla ice cream, sliced strawberries
   
   BAKED-ALASKA PIE
   
   Choose 9" Spicy-Pastry, Graham-Cracker, Gingersnap, or Chocolate-Crumb
   Crust (above). Refrigerate until well chilled. Start heating oven to
   500ų F. Make meringue as in Step 2 of Baked Alaska (page 101).
   Working quickly, fill shell well with 1 qt. firm ice cream. Cover
   entire surface of ice cream with meringue. Bake about 2 min., or
   until delicate brown. Serve at once.
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