Graham Cracker Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 32 full sized graham crackers, crushed in a bag with a rolling pin
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, room temp
• 5 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar, for dusting cake or 1/2 cup cream cheese frosting

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 grease and flour a 9x13x2-inch glass baking pan.
• 3 pour crushed graham crackers into a bowl.
• 4 separate the egg yolks. (reserve the egg whites for another recipe.)
• 5 with a mixer, cream the butter and sugar on high until well blended. reduce speed to low, add egg yolks, vanilla and cinnamon. blend well to combine.
• 6 sprinkle flour and baking powder into bowl w/graham cracker crumbs. with mixer on low, alternate adding crackers and milk in 1/3’s. start with graham crackers, end w/milk. the batter is fairly dry, so make sure it is well mixed.
• 7 if you’re using nuts, add them at this point by hand, stirring gently ino the batter.
• 8 spoon the batter into the pan, smoothing toward the edges.
• 9 bake for 40-45 minute the cake will pull away from the edges of the pan when it is done, and the middle will be springy to the touch.
• 10 remove from oven, let cool completely, then dust w/powdered sugar or frost and cut into serving squares.