Grapefruit Pie

Ingredients

• <strong>Crust:</strong>
• Nonstick vegetable spray
• 1/4 cup broken pecan pieces
• 12 coconut sandwich cookies
• 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) butter, melted
• <strong>Filling:</strong>
• 32 large marshmallows
• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, divided
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
• 2 1/2 cups grapefruit segments which have been cut away from the membrane, the cut in half crosswise

Instructions

1. 1
   Crust: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 9-inch pie dish with nonstick cooking spray. Use food processor or blender to finely chop cookies and pecans, processing until mixture is fine crumbs. Transfer to a large bowl. Pour in melted butter and mix well. Press crumb mixture into prepared dish. Bake 8 minutes. Let cool completely.
2. 2
   Filling: Combine marshmallows and one-fourth cup grapefruit juice in a large heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until marshmallows melt. Remove from heat and transfer to large mixing bowl. Let cool.
3. 3
   Stir remaining one-fourth cup grapefruit juice into cooled marshmallow mixture. Fold in whipped cream and grapefruit segments. Pour into crumb crust. Cover and chill at least 3 hours. Makes one 9-inch pie.