Sunday, January 07, 2007

Buttermilk pie...who knew?!?!?


For Christmas we had the good fortune of going to the Burke's house for a fabulous turkey with all the trimmings. I offered to make pies...and they actually didn't suck. Since Kristie's meals are always fabulous, I couldn't bring just run-of-the-mill pies...so I opted for one of my personal favorites--Chocolate Pecan Pie (thanks for the recipe Dawn!). To round out the duet, Matthew suggested a Buttermilk Pie...which he discovered at the Baylor University Medical Center's cafeteria (yes, a hospital cafeteria...of all places) when Grace was born. I got one recipe from my mom, then searched the internet & cookbooks for others...combined a little of this with a pinch of that...and this is the recipe I came up with...yummy!

Buttermilk Pie
3 eggs, well beaten
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash Pampered Chef Cinnamon Plus**
9" pie crust

Mix butter, sugar & flour. Add eggs. Add buttermilk, vanilla & Pampered Chef Cinnamon Plus. Mix well. Pour into 9" pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes (or until knife inserted near center of pie comes out clean).

**Note: You can substitute nutmeg if you don't happen to have the Pampered Chef Cinnamon Plus Blend, but I really think this is my secret ingredient!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

best pie ever - thanks for the recipe tam!

Anonymous said...

Yay! Thank you so much for posting this recipe, I still have lovely dreams about this pie...