Southern Buttermilk Pie

Let me start this off by being entirely honest with you. I've never made a buttermilk pie. In fact I've never made pie at all, minus a diet pie and that in all seriousness doesn't count. Now that I think of it, I dont think I've ever even tasted a buttermilk pie, but something about the name sounds so rich and comforting. It seems to encompass all things southern.

I found this recipe while skimming through my mother's stash box. After calling her up, I learned that she had made it before and liked it enough to type it out on a typewriter, but she doesn't remember where, when, or how she obtained this recipe. Curious and curiouser.


This recipe creates enough batter to make two pies. I decided to go by the book on the first pie and get a little creative on the second. At almost 11 at night, I began my first baking endeavor for the project: Scrumptious.

I did struggle with the butter as it did not want to take very well to declumping in the eggs and buttermilk. Next time I will melt it prior to mixing. Once I had mixed all ingredients, I poured half the batter into a pie crust. I then added 1 bag of melted semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of angel flake coconut into the remaining batter and mixed well.






I tasted the chocolate first - and man-o-man was it great! I was so satisfied with the flavor that I didn't even really want to taste the "plain" buttermilk because I knew it could not compare. Its not very often that I need to say that I'm wrong - but I was wrong! The rich and creaminess of the buttermilk without interference from the chocolate was heavenly. Buttermilk pie has now become one of my all time favorites.

Some of the pie was distributed to our City Life group in care packages. Some of it was taken to Sarah's surprise 90s birthday skate party along with Nichole's wonderful angel food cake with strawberries. The audience seemed evenly torn between favoring the chocolate buttermilk vs the original buttermilk.



Recipe -
Buttermilk Pie

• 6 Eggs
• 3 3/4 c. sugar
• 1 c. butter (melted)
  
• 1 c. buttermilk
• 1 t. salt
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1/2 c. flour
• 2 pie crusts
  
• Optional: 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate & 1 c. angel flake coconut
  

Mix eggs, butter, and buttermilk.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
Optional: Add chocolate & coconut and mix well.
Pour into pie crusts.
Bake @ 350 for about 35 min.