DEEP SOUTH BUTTERMILK PIE RECIPE MADE FROM SCRATCH! BUTTERY HOMEMADE CRUST WITH A SWEET, CREAMY CUSTARD FILLING
Course Dessert, Pie
Cuisine American, southern
Keyword apple pie spice butter, buttermilk, chess, cookie crust, curd, easy, old fashioned
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings 1pie
Calories
Author Divas Can Cook
Ingredients
19-inch Pie CrustI use this butter pie crust recipe
1/2cupbutterroom temperature
1cupgranulated sugar
1/2cuplight brown sugarpacked
3eggsseparated
1tablespoonvanilla extract
1Tablespoonlemon juice
1/2teaspoonlemon zest
1cupbuttermilkroom temperature
2Tablespoonsall-purpose flour
1tablespooncornstarch
1/8teaspoonsalt
1/4teaspooncinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 F.
In a large bowl cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
Mix in egg yolks, vanilla extract, lemon juice and lemon zest.
Add in buttermilk. (The batter will be speckled)
Mix in flour, cornstarch, salt, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until fluffy.
Fold egg whites into batter until completely combined.
Pour batter into prepared pie crust.
Bake for 1 hour and 10-20 minutes or until the center is barely jiggly. (cover with foil if top begins to get too brown during baking. I've never had to)
Remove from oven and let cool. Pie will get firmer as it cool.
*optional* After pie has cooled refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight for a firmer texture.
Serve plain (warm or cold) with fruit topping or cream topping if desired.
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Notes
Firmer texture: Let pie cool and then refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. *optional* Bake pie crust for about 10 minutes if you do not like a soft bottom crust.