This recipe comes to us from a Plain community in Kansas and is perfect for Christmas. Custard pies are classic, but what if the custard were made from a creamy, frothy eggnog? Mmmmm, nothing spells Christmas more than eggnog.
This is a beauitful, golden eggnog pie.
🛒 Store-Bought Eggnog
By the way, is it "egg nog" or"eggnog." Apparently, all the grammatical sources I can find say "eggnog." SIGH, okay, eggnog it is.
I'm not a huge fan of eggnog, especially store-bought. It's just too "mass produced" tasting. But there was a local dairy, Trauth Dairy, in Cincinnati, Ohio that produced some of the finest eggnog around. But they were bought out and I think the Trauth name was officially put out to pasture in 2011. Trauth made a true premium eggnog made with fresh milk, cream, a little rum flavor (non-alcoholic) and a sprinkle of nutmeg. Put this same formula into a pie and you get a great Christmas custard.
Amish cooks enjoy making homemade eggnog as part of holiday traditions and you'd be surprised that occasionally alcoholic versions show up (the Amish do not completely eschew alcohol). But, for the most part, it is a non-alcohol treat.
📋 Step-by-Step Amish Eggnog Pie
The ingredients for an eggnog pie are very basic. The pie already super easy, but you can make it even easier by using store-bought whipping cream and a pre-made pie crust. But those steps are up to you. You can make the very easy homemade pat-a-pan pie crust.
This is the cream mixture in a saucepan on the stove
A reader who tried this describes it as " an easy pie to make. I made the crust but you can use a purchased one to save time. This reminds me of a custard pie my Mom made. Very creamy and not too sweet."
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🖨️ Full Recipe
Amish Eggnog Pie
Ingredients
- 3 egg yolks (Jumbos or duck egg yolks are even more awesome)
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- Whisk the egg yolks, sugar, nutmeg and vanilla until smooth.
- Bring the cream to a simmer in a saucepan.
- Slowly pour and whisk the egg yolk mixture.
- Whisk continuously until combined.
- Pour into an unbaked 9 inch pie shell
- .Bake 400 for 10 minutes and then redue to 350 for the remaining to 30 – 40 minutes or until pie is set.
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