Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie

1/3 c Butter or margarine, at room

-temperature 2 c Cinnamon graham-cracker

-crumbs (15 double crackers) FILLING: 1 qt Orange sherbert, slightly

-softened 1 cn (16 ounces) solid-pack

-pumpkin 1 pt Vanilla ice cream, slightly

-softened 1 ts Vanilla extract

For Garnish: 1 c Heavy cream, whipped stiff

-(2 cups) Timing Tip: Can be frozen for up to 2 weeks. Decorate up to 8 hours ahead. Calorie Trimmer: Use reduced-calorie margarine, vanilla nonfat frozen dessert instead of the ice cream and 2 cups thawed frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping for garnish. CRUST: candied orange peel, cut in diamonds 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Have a 10-inch deep-dish pie plate

ready. 2. Mix butter and cracker crumbs in a medium-size bowl until evenly moistened. Press over bottom and up sides of pie plate. 3. Bake 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack. 4. FILLING: Put orange sherbert into large bowl. Fold in pumpkin just

until blended. Fold in ice cream and vanilla until blended. 5. Spoon into crust, swirling top. Freeze until hard, at least 4 hours. 6. Up to 8 hours before serving: Pipe whipped cream in lattice design on pie or garnish with dollops of cream. Decorate with orange peel. Return to Freezer. 7. About 10 minutes before serving without garnish: 198 cal, 2 g pro, 31 g car, 7 g fat, 21 mg chol with butter, 10 mg chol with margarine, 147 mg sod. Per 'trimmed" serving: 170

cal, 3 g pro, 32 g car, 4 g fat, 3 mg chol, 152 mg sod Recipe From: Woman's Day magazine 11/26/91