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Make a fruit cocktail 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 Cocktail 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 cocktail eggnog pie

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Additional Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 25 minutes

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Ingredients

• 3-1/2 cups of fruit cocktail
• 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 cocktail 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 cocktail.
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 cocktail before serving.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 8 Serving 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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