6 cookie pie crust recipes

Pumpkin pie with ginger cookie crust trades pastry for crushed gingersnaps and lightens the filling with applesauce, maple syrup, and egg whites. A holiday pie with serious spice and a leaner profile.

A simple 4-ingredient cookie pie crust made with flour, melted margarine, and powdered sugar. Bakes up crisp and buttery in just 10 minutes. No rolling pin needed.

cookies made from leftover pie crust with cinnamon sugar

Peanut pie with a shortbread cookie crust bound by peanut butter, packed with peanut butter cookies and roasted peanuts in a gooey brown sugar custard. Triple peanut, double cookie.

Sour cream apple pie in a nutty oatmeal cookie crust made with whole wheat flour, sesame seeds, and honey. Tart apples with cinnamon and nutmeg get a tangy custard drizzle that bakes up golden.

Softened vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt gets folded with fresh or frozen cherries, then piled into a chocolate cookie crust and frozen until firm for an easy no-bake dessert.