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Spectacular Ice Cream Pie Recipe

Biting into this melt-in-your-mouth treat is like having coffee and dessert together. To avoid the holiday baking crunch, you can make it ahead of time and store it in the freezer until you are ready to serve.

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8-10 Servings
Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min. + freezing

Ingredients

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 16 squares)
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 pint coffee ice cream or flavor of your choice, softened
1 pint vanilla ice cream or flavor of your choice, softened
Sauce:
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup half-and-half cream
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the cracker crumbs and walnuts; stir in butter; press onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. pie plate. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Spread coffee ice cream over crust. Freeze for 2 hours or until firm. Repeat with vanilla ice cream. Remove pie from the freezer 15 minutes before serving.
For sauce, combine butter and brown sugar in a saucepan; cook and stir over low heat for 5-6 minutes. Remove from the heat; slowly stir in cream. Cook and stir 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat; stir in walnuts and vanilla. Serve warm over slices of pie. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 piece) equals 442 calories, 29 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 53 mg cholesterol, 197 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 7 g protein.

Spectacular Ice Cream Pie published in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2000, p43

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