Fruit co*cktail eggnog pie: The old-fashioned recipe - Click Americana (2024)

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• Added or last updatedDecember 1, 2022

Fruit co*cktail pie idea for the holidays (1956)

Here’s a new role for Eggnog, America’s favorite holiday beverage. Now it’s an ingredient in a wonderfully delicate pie — Fruit co*cktail Eggnog Pie.

This wholesome dessert is so smooth, so rich, so delicious. It’s sure to please. We predict it’ll become a traditional favorite at your house… for nothing expresses holiday hospitality quite as well as a festive bowl of eggnog.

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Make a fruit co*cktail pie rich and creamy with prepared eggnog

Here’s a new role for eggnog, America’s favorite holiday beverage. Now it’s an ingredient in a wonderfully delicate pie — Fruit co*cktail Eggnog Pie.

This wholesome dessert is so smooth, so rich, so delicious, it’s sure to please. We predict it’ll become a traditional favorite at your house.

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Fruit co*cktail eggnog pie

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Additional Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 3-1/2 cups of fruit co*cktail
• 2 1/2 teaspoons Knox gelatin
• 1-1/2 cups prepared eggnog
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 9-inch baked pie shell

Instructions

1. Drain fruit co*cktail well, and measure 1/2 cup of the syrup.
2. Stir gelatin into syrup, place over boiling water and stir until gelatin is dissolved.
3. Remove from heat, stir into eggnog.
4. Add salt, flavorings.
5. Chill until mixture mounds when dropped from spoon.
6. Whip cream.
7. Fold into gelatin mixture along with 1-1/2 cups well-drained fruit co*cktail.
8. Chill again 5 to 10 minutes, until mixture mounds.
9. Heap into baked and cooled pie shell.
10. Chill for 2 to 4 hours.
11. Decorate with remaining fruit co*cktail before serving.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 8Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 266Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 111mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 6g

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• Categories: 1950s, Vintage advertisem*nts, Vintage dessert recipes,
• Tags: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, desserts, eggnog, fruit, fruit co*cktail, recipes, Vintage pie recipes, wreaths
• Original publication date: Dec 10, 1956
• Added or last updatedDecember 1, 2022
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