Chocolate Crumb Crust (for cheesecake)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 tbs, butter, melted
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tbs. unsweetened cocoa.

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.

2. Place the crumbs in a mixing bowl and add the butter, sugar, and cocoa powder. Blend well.

3. Press the crumb mixture onto the bottom and partly up the sides of a greased 9-inch baking dish, pie pan, or springform mold. Smooth the crumb mixture along the bottom to an even thickness.

4. Bake for 10 minutes in a 350 degree fahrenheit oven. Cool before filling.

Source: The Joy of Cheesecake, Dana Bovbjerg & Jeremy Iggers, Barron's, 1980.

I used the package of already crushed graham crackers, made making this a lot easier.