The Amazing Interchangable Do-it-yourself Tipsy Pie (the Dessert

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers or chocolate wafers or gingersnaps
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 ounce unflavored gelatin
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 crust:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350.
• 3 mix all of your chosen crust ingredients together and press into a 9-inch pie plate.
• 4 bake 10 minutes and cool.
• 5 filling:.
• 6 in small saucepan, stir together 1/2 c sugar and gelatin.
• 7 blend egg yolks with water and flavorings of your choice.
• 8 stir into sugar mixture.
• 9 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
• 10 remove from heat, cool and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until mixture is cool and thickened.
• 11 beat egg whites until foamy and add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 1 t at a time until egg whites form stiff, glossy peaks.
• 12 fold gelatin mixture into meringue and spoon into prebaked 9-inch pie shell.
• 13 flavoring suggestions:.
• 14 butterscotch collins (5 t scotch, 2 t scotch liqueur, 1 t lemon juice and cherries/orange slices to garnish).
• 15 gimlet (6 t gin, 2 t rose's lime juice, grated peel of 1 lime, juice of 1/2 lime).
• 16 brandy alexander-the-great (5 t brandy, 3 t creme de cacao).
• 17 daiquiri (5 t golden rum, 2 t fresh lime juice, 1 t fresh lemon juice).
• 18 black russian (7 t vodka, 3 t coffee liqueur).
• 19 coming through the rye (1/4 c rye or bourbon whiskey, 1/4 c fresh orange juice, 2 t grated orange peel).
• 20 enjoy!