Caramel Ice Cream Pie

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel topping
• 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened

Recipe

• 1 combine first 4 ingredients; mix well.
• 2 spread on a baking sheet, pressing with fingers to 1/4-inch thickness.
• 3 bake at 400f for 12 minutes.
• 4 immediately transfer to a large mixing bowl and stir until the mixture is crumbled.
• 5 press crumbs into a buttered 9-inch pie plate, reserving 1/4 cup crumbs.
• 6 pour 3/4 cup carmel topping into crust; freeze.
• 7 spread ice cream evenly over crust; cover and freeze.
• 8 sprinkle 2 t of the reserved crumbs over ice cream.
• 9 drizzle remaining caramel topping over pie; sprinkle with remaining crumbs and freeze until firm.
• 10 let frozen pie stand at room temperature 5 minutes before slicing.