By Edna Posted on

Raspberry Pie Recipe

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Pat Nixon served this at the White House!

Difficulty: Average
Make Ahead
Serves 6-8

Ingredients:

  • 2 10-ounce packages frozen raspberries, thawed
  • 2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 5 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon rind
  • 1/2 pint heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • whipped cream for garnish

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375°.
  2. Combine crumbs, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, and butter.  Pat into 10″ pie tin.
  3. Bake 8-10 minutes.  Cool.
  4. Drain raspberries, reserving 1 cup of juice.
  5. Soften gelatin in water.
  6. Mix reserved raspberry juice, remaining 1/2 tea-spoon cinnamon and lemon rind, and heat to boiling.
  7. Remove from heat; add gelatin and stir until melted.
  8. Chill until mixture begins to thicken.
  9. Whip cream, adding vanilla.
  10. Fold raspberries, gelatin mixture and whipped cream together.
  11. Pour into pie shell.
  12. Chill.
  13. Decorate with additional whipped cream.