Egg Nog Pie Alongside A Ginger Snap Crust

Twas the Mon earlier Christmas as well as all through my house,

all the creatures were stirring alongside broad opened upwards mouths!

The cat, he wants truthful cat food,

 the pups they desire snacks,

my hubby tried the pie as well as said I can’t accept it back!

Yeah that was a trivial lame but I tried!  I too tried to set together an slow vacation pie that volition completely satisfy your nog lover’s cravings.   Egg nog as well as ginger snaps – oh is that e'er good.

For a uncomplicated crust y'all volition involve ginger snap cookies, butter as well as a trivial flake of sugar.

Crush the ginger snaps or if y'all accept a nutrient processor, house most 8 ounces of cookies inward the bowl.

Pulse until all cookies are crumbled.

Add 1/8 loving cup of granulated saccharide as well as five tablespoons melted butter.

Pulse until mixed well.

Gently press the crumbs into the bottom as well as upwards the sides of a lightly greased 9-inch pie plate.

Bake the crust at 350 degrees for most 8 minutes.  Remove from the oven as well as cool to room temperature.

In a large mixing bowl, rhythm out 1 loving cup of heavy whipping cream until stiff.  Scrape the whipped cream into a pocket-size bowl as well as shop inward the fridge until the other ingredients are blended.

No involve to launder the mixing bowl afterward removing the whipping cream.  Add the cream cheese as well as 1 tablespoon butter, as well as confectioners’ saccharide as well as rhythm out until smooth.

Add the egg nog.

And apparently Greek yogurt, cinnamon, all-spice, nutmeg as well as ginger.  Blend only until mixed.

Gently crease inward the whipped cream.

Pour the filling into the cooled Ginger Snap crust.

Top alongside freshly grated nutmeg as well as freeze until theatre (about iv hours).

Remove the pie from the freezer about xxx minutes earlier serving.

I was thinking most a whipped cream topping alongside a trivial bourbon mixed in.   Yummm.

Pie set out 51 is a keeper!  Did y'all know that egg nog tin live spelled equally “egg nog” or equally ane give-and-take “eggnog.” I went alongside the spelling on the carton 🙂

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Egg Nog Pie alongside a Ginger Snap Crust

Prep Time

30 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

An slow make-ahead pie perfect for the holidays

Course:

Pie

Servings: 8 servings

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the pie crust:

• 
  8
  ounces
  ginger snap cookies,
  crushed (about 1 1/4 cups)
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  5
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter, melted
  

For the filling:

• 
  4
  ounces
  cream cheese,
  room temperature
  


• 
  1
  tablespoon
  unsalted butter,
  room temperature
  


• 
  1/2
  cup
  powdered sugar
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  egg nog
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  plain Greek yogurt,
  or sour cream
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  ground cinnamon
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  all-spice
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  ground ginger
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  nutmeg
  


• 
  1
  cup
  heavy whipping cream
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   In the bowl of a nutrient processor crunch the cookies until finely crumbled.  Add the saccharide as well as melted butter as well as pulse until mixed.
   
   


2. 
   
   Lightly grease a ix inch pie plate (I used Pam)  as well as gently press the crust mixture on the bottom as well as upwards the sides.  Bake inward a preheated 350 marker oven for 8 minutes.  Allow the crust to cool to room temperature.
   
   


3. 
   
   In a large mixing bowl rhythm out the whipping cream until strong peaks form.  Place the whipped cream inward a pocket-size container as well as house it the fridge spell preparing the filling.
   
   


4. 
   
   In the same large mixing bowl, add together the cream cheese, butter as well as confectioners' sugar.  Beat until smooth.  Add the egg nog, yogurt as well as spices as well as blend until smooth.  Gently crease inward the whipped cream as well as mix until blended.  Pour the filling into the cooled pie crust as well as spread smooth.  Sprinkle nutmeg on top, encompass the pie as well as freeze for at to the lowest degree iv hours or until firm.
   
   


5. 
   
   Remove the pie from the freezer xxx minutes earlier serving.
   
   

Recipe Notes

(adapted from a recipe on Taste of Home)

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And give cheers y'all all for checking inward alongside me today.  I experience happy as well as distressing most finishing upwards my pie project.  Actually I am pretty thrilled most moving on to novel as well as exciting foodie adventures!  I’m too interested inward putting my best pies together inward a cookbook.  If y'all accept whatever experience inward this area, experience gratis to outcry out suggestions as well as recommendations.

I accept some other cookie recipe from the household unit of measurement vault to post service this calendar week as well as thence delight banking concern jibe dorsum on Midweek for pinwheel cookies!

I promise y'all accept a terrific week!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com