Egg 'n' grogg pie from The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop by Emily Elsen and Melissa Elsen

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Notes about this recipe

  • Eat Your Books

    Can substitute brandy, white rum, or gold rum for dark rum.

  • lholtzman on February 25, 2026

    This pie is delicious and perfect for a holiday dessert. If you’re not afraid of breaking tradition, serve this in place of pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. The pie is super easy to assemble, but the baking is a bit more complicated. It took about 1 hour and 10 minutes for the center to not be liquidy. I think part of this is because my dish was deeper and ceramic. They recommend using a metal pie plate. I used brandy in place of rum. It adds a nice, warm, boozy quality.

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Reviews about this recipe

  • Serious Eats

    Don't skip the rum; its flavor blends very well with the spices called for in the filling. Without it, the pie is certainly sweet and creamy, but feels like it's missing something.

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