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This buttermilk pie recipe is so sweet! My husband calls it sugar cookie pie (his favorite cookie).
Y’all know I’m not actually Southern, right? I mean, sure, in my head, I’m totally Southern. I speak with a Southern accent in my head, I cook Southern food in real life (or, at least I try), and I dress my kids in those funny gingham smock things. Okay, that last one is a total lie. I giggle when I see little boys dressed in those things.
Sorry.
It’s just…why? Why do y’all do that to your kids? I’ll never understand.
Fashion choices aside, I like the South. I want to be from the South. I’ve slowly been breaking down my husband to actually move to the South. I think I’m finally getting somewhere. Gimme another year or two.
In the mood for a Southern dessert? Get a taste of this buttermilk pie!
In the meantime, I’ll continue baking things like this Buttermilk Pie.
It just screams “Southern” to me. Not because it’s ugly, of course (It is, though. So ugly! The south is not ugly! It’s pretty! Except for those smocked things!), but because it’s so sweet and delicious and full of goodness. My husband calls it “that pie that tastes like sugar cookies” and I call it “the ugly pie” and everyone else calls it “delicious.”
And, don’t worry. It doesn’t taste a bit like buttermilk. It really does taste like some sort of sugar cookie custard.
Enjoy, y’all.
Buttermilk Pie
Ingredients
- 2 pie crusts unbaked (homemade or store bought)
- 3 3/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 eggs beaten
- 1 cup butter melted
- 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange pie crusts in 2 9 inch pie plates.
- Mix together the sugar, flour, and salt. Beat in the eggs, butter, buttermilk, and vanilla until well combined.
- Pour into the pie crusts. Bake for 1 hour or until no longer jiggly - check them after about 45 minutes. If the tops are getting too brown (mine were), cover them loosely with foil.
- Let cool at least one hour before serving. Best served cold.
Nutrition Information:
recipe from Sing for Your Supper
Linda says
You did make it sound invitin’. Will have to try it. Let’s see, don’t have buttermilk, wonder if I sour some milk if that will work? Will let ya know….
Birgitta says
@Michelle
1 stick of butter is app. 113 grams. There are many conversion services online.
shelly (cookies and cups) says
oh lord, I had to wear those smocked dresses..i mean, i’m not a boy, but still…
BUT I am a fan of ugly pie. Actually, the uglier the better, i say…
Kathy - Panini Happy says
My 3yo daughter, watching over my shoulder, lowered a little finger onto my iPad and exclaimed, “That looks yummy, Mommy!” We are both in agreement. 🙂
Joanne says
The south really does have the best desserts. It’s because they’re not afraid of butter there. They even put it in their milk. I love people like that.
Jess Wakasugi says
How interesting! Is the top almost like the sugar on creme brulee??
d.liff @ yelleBELLYboo says
I adore buttermilk pie – it’s truly a Southern gem. I first made it when my roommate accidentally bought buttermilk instead of regular, and I used Paula Deen’s recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/olivias-buttermilk-pie-recipe/index.html) which doesn’t have a crust. It’s a delight. I’ll have to try yours next!
Michelle says
Hey
This sounds very much like something we have here in South Africa called “Milk Tart” or in Afrikaans its “Melk Tert” http://www.clover.co.za/content/702/milktart-recipes/
I want to try out your one, but don’t know how many grams a stick of butter is.
Hope you get a chance to have a look at my blog sometime
Regards
Michelle
Cookbook Queen says
Printing this out now. This pie must happen in my life.
And I think you’re the only person I’ve ever met who might be jealous of me living in Arkansas. Wanna trade?
Aimee says
Yum, pie that tastes like sugar cookies? Yes, I think I would like that. I would love to move to South Carolina and live on a plantation. 🙂
Aimee
alma says
Great description of the taste, very accurate, and you really can not taste the buttermilk. We love Buttermilk Pie, my Dad used to be the one to make it :). I would make it except I have no willpower and could eat the whole thing!!!!!!!!! I can only make something this delicious to take to someone else’s or for a giftgiving!
Sharon Rodriquez says
Can I freeze this buttermilk pie
DessertForTwo says
I’m going to go ahead and give you the honorary Southern card. You deserve it 🙂
Pam @ From Apples To Zucchini says
I love your description – sugar cookie custard – if that doesn’t make me want to make one, nothing would! It looks delicious!
Alli says
I have been trying to break down my husband for a move to southcarolina. I am not getting any where. Maybe a slice of this pie would help. Can’t hurt. Right? Yum.
Barbara says
I’ve never made a buttermilk pie. I am ashamed of myself. It’ll be the next pie I make!