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Red Berry Mold

Preparation time: 30 min.
Chilling time: at least 4 hrs.

This salad is very pretty when prepared in a glass dish, but you can also use a 6-cup mold and unmold it before serving. For easy removal, spray mold with a vegetable spray before pouring in jello.

For 4 servings you will need:
1 pkg. (6 oz.) raspberry-flavored gelatin
1 cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
1 pkg. (3 oz.) cream cheese, softened
½ cup sour cream
⅓ cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1 carton (6 oz.) raspberry yogurt
Whipped cream and mint sprig for garnish, optional.

Tips: Make sure the jello that is mixed with the yogurt is just slightly thickened (like egg whites) when yogurt is added so that it will blend well.

Preparation:

Prepare gelatin according to package directions. Pour half into a 1½ quart dish, preferably glass. Chill until thickened like egg whites, about 30 min.
Stir in raspberries (thawed, if frozen). Return to the refrigerator. Also chill remaining gelatin.
In small bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream and nuts. When gelatin in bowl is completely set, spread gream cheese mixture evenly over top. Cover and chill.
Combine remaining gelatin and yogurt. Pour over cream cheese mixture. Cover and chill about 4 hrs. or longer until set. Garnish with whipped cream and mint sprig, if desired.

For 2 servings:
Half of the ingredients. Use individual 1-cup molds.

For 8 servings:
Double the ingredients. Use a 3-quart mold.

Smilin’ Snacks

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1 package (4-serving size) Jell-O brand instant pudding and pie filling, any flavor.
2 cups milk
garnishes

Prepare instant pudding with milk as directed on package for pudding.
Let stand for 5 minutes; then spoon into 5-ounce paper cups.
Make “faces” with gumdrops, jelly beans, raisins, Baker’s Angel Flake coconut, cinnamon candies, miniature marshmallows, cereal or Baker’s chocolate flavor baking chips.

Makes 2 cups or 4 servings.

Pieathlon 8 – Rum and Butterscotch Pie

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Long time readers will recall the annual pie challenge thrown down by Dinner is Served 1972. For those of you new to the club, long story short a bunch of vintage recipe bloggers swap pie recipes and endeavour to master long loved/forgotten/dreaded pie and report back on our successes and missteps. You’re welcome.

Recipe
1 tablespoon rum
1 package butterscotch instant pudding
18 gingersnaps
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Light cream

Instructions
Crush 12 gingersnaps and mix with sugar, butter and 1 tablespoon of water. Spread over bottom of 8-inch pie plate. Cut 6 gingersnaps in half, arrange around edge of pie plate. Prepare pudding according to package directions, using combined rum and cream instead of milk. Pour pudding into gingersnap shell. Chill for at least 2 hours. Serves 6.

Looks easy as pie, right? It’s 2021, and easy, like God, left the universe in late 2019. I swear to Cheezits that Jell-O Instant Butterscotch Pudding is the toilet paper of 2021. Nowhere I looked locally could I find a single solitary box. I tried Target, Walmart, the local market, Instacart. Not one single fucking box was anywhere to be found. What are you people doing with all the pudding? I tried Amazon and if I wanted 24 boxes I could get them for $30. I don’t need 24 fucking boxes of pudding. I just wanted to make one pie not get into pudding wrestling.

Since I was missing one of the key ingredients, I had to make the pudding from scratch, which kinda leveled up the pie a smidge. I used the Unbelievable Butterscotch Pudding recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction. And since I was being all kinds of fancy now I substituted Knob Creek Bourbon for the rum as the pudding recipe called for bourbon – and I was afraid that a bourbon/rum double whammy might offend my clearly sophisticated palate. Also, 100 proof is 100 proof bitches.

The pudding came out delicious. I highly recommend the recipe. I also highly recommend Knob Creek. While I didn’t follow exactly what Taryn sent me as my challenge, I do consider sitting on my kitchen floor in my pjs drinking bourbon while eating cookies dunked in pudding on brand for 2021.

Checkout the pies made by the other bloggers:

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The Nostalgic Cook

Dr. Bobb’s Nostalgic Kitchen

Silverscreen Suppers

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Grannie Pantries

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