  (Don’t forget to comment to enter our newest giveaway for this heavy, heavy, marble and wooden rolling pin and package of a Made In Oklahoma mix to roll out! Winner will be announced Labor Day weekend.) Those of you who have been reading this blog over the past four years – yes, y’all! Four years! – know that I am a little crazy. Well, not certifiable, just nutty. Sometimes, I wonder if God wired my brain differently from other people so that it operates just a tad off-the-wall. It just seems that I look at my situations, circumstances and just plain life with the oddest revelations. I can’t just say, “Oh! Look! Fresh corn is on sale!” No. I have to ponder the price, calculate how many ears it will take to fill 50 wide-mouthed pint jars, and, though it’s June, immediately plan who I will be inviting to Thanksgiving dinner in order to determine if 50 wide-mouthed jars of corn can meet the yellow vegetable requirement on the menu! And a simple act of compassion in nature of taking in an orphaned raccoon to bottle feed until it is old enough to make it in the wild on its own, turns into an emergency room visit with a leg broken in five places and a doctor who doesn’t believe I wasn’t up in a tree with the raccoon. OK. So who does that anyway? So, this past weekend, I made Mr. Fix-It a pretty, darned good buttermilk pie, if I do say so myself. And the kitchen smelled heavenly. If you haven’t ever had a Buttermilk Pie, you HAVE to try it! According to Wikipedia, it was originally a British desert that became a standard here in the deep south. Evidently, it offered a sweet alternative to fruit pies when fruit was out of season. However, Wikipedia also said that you just don’t hear about these pies anymore. I don’t know what they are talking about, because Buttermilk Pie is served in restaurants around here, and Texans claim that, of course, their’s is the best there is! There is a drastic difference between a Buttermilk Pie and a Chess Pie as there is no corn syrup or corn meal in a Buttermilk Pie, and individual cooks like to add their own touches of extra nutmeg and cinnamon, or cloves, lemon extract and rind, or other various flavorings to this versatile custard pie. Anyway, I’m guessing you won’t be surprised that as I made my pie, rolling out the pastry, beating the eggs and such, even though I had no clue that this was a British confection, my brain had a 1960’s British Invasion, and I couldn’t stop singing the Beatles’ Uncle Albert song. You know – “so I had a cup of tea and a butter pie (you have to pronounce it ‘buttah’); the butter wouldn’t melt so I put it in the pie”. And I’m STILL singing it. ~Sigh~ Parts of the tune are hauntingly beautiful and the lyrics are harmless enough, although those boys must have had way too much pie as they came up with that song – or maybe something else. Here, you can click on the song so that it will rattle around in YOUR head for a week. Here is my recipe for Buttermilk Pie. It’s a pretty ancient one. I sure hope you enjoy it as much as Mr. Fix-It. And as you munch on it, just contemplate what a special man he is to patiently endure my crazier side!! Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick) 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 eggs beaten 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1 9″ pie unbaked pie shell variations: Add 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/4 tsp ground cloves or Add 1 tablespoon lemon extract and 1 tsp lemon zest  You can use any pie crust recipe. Of course, I use my recipe! I like my recipe because it has butter in it instead of just shortening. Flaky and buttery! Roll out your crust and place it in a 9″ pie tin. Of course, you CAN use a store bought pie crust..cough..cough.  Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour and mix further.  In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs.  Add the beaten eggs to the creamed butter and sugar mixture  Add the buttermilk and vanilla  Add the nutmeg. If you want to add cinnamon, cloves, more nutmeg or any other flavorings, you would do that here. Mix until well incorporated and creamy.  Pour the creamy custard into the pie shell. Dust the top of the custard with cinnamon. Bake in a 425º oven for 15 minutes and turn down to 350º to continue baking for 30-40 more minutes or until top is golden brown and center is firm, not liquid. It will jiggle a bit but won’t be sloshy. The center will solidify as it cools. Chill and serve cold, but some people like it at room temperature.  Serve with whipped cream and unhook your belt!! Singing!  |
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Tags: Buttermilk Pie, recipe, The Beatles, Uncle Albert
Mmmmmmm…I’ve never had one, but it sounds really REALLY yummy.
Too bad OK is so far away. 🙂
oh my goodness MaryBeth, that looks so awesome – have to try it and soon! Thanks for sharing, as always I love your “writings” – you make me laugh! Hugs, Ruth
Woman, are you trying to make me gain more weight? That looks so good and I love a good custard type pie. Having company this week and will just have to make this. So what if I go up another pants size, it will be worth it!!!!!
Ruth, laughter is a good thing!! Glad to oblige. 🙂 And you are entered.
Yep, Jenn!! I would have shared. 🙂 You have been entered in the drawing.
Judy, I’m just butterin’ you up to join me! 🙂 You are entered.
I grew up with buttermilk in the ice box, but never cared for it. Too tangy or something. At my Grandmother’s house was where the magic happened. She turned the buttermilk into the best pie ever. I will be doing this recipe.
Last week I had a birthday and woke to my wife singing to me nose to nose. You guessed it. “When I’m 64”.
It sounds wonderful! It s hard to beat a good custard of any kind. I may have to give this a try and fudge on my diet!
Happy Birthday, Glen!! And how funny your wife is! 🙂 I’m with you on the drinking buttermilk, but love the pie. And maybe you’ll win the rolling pin for your birthday present!
Ken, I’m bettin’ that the pie has fewer calories than fudge!! Gnyuck, Gnyuck, Gnyuck!! 🙂 And you are entered.
Mary Beth, thanks for the recipe and the laughs! Our personalities must be alike, I drive my husband crazy with all my questions, thank goodness for the internet now I just google my questions.
Margaret, that means we are really intelligent, don’t you know?! 🙂 Or at least, I can keep telling myself that!! You are entered.
Hi Mary Beth,
Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve commented, but I do read all your articles. Figured you should know that I’m still alive before you started sending out the search and rescue team!
The pie sounds great, but I’ve been lactose intolerant since age 42, so I will just have to imagine how good it must taste.
I’m Beatles fan too, so of course we raised up our daughter on the “classics” like “HELP!” and “A Hard Day’s Night”, etc. At age 30, she’s a Beatles fan too.
My wife and daughter recently went to see a special showing of the documentary about George Harrison’s life: “Living in the Material World” by Martin Scorcese. They bought me a copy of the DVD since I couldn’t go.
The drought abated here for awhile in Middle Tennessee and the temperatures have been a bit cooler. Everything greened back up, and the soy bean crop survived, but the corn crop is long gone.
We haven’t had any rain for about a week now, and there is none in the immediate forecast, so I’m starting to get nervous. I couldn’t believe the pictures you posted about the drought in your area. Have you had any relief yet?
Best regards…
Butter Pie? Really? I always thought it was butterfly. The pie looks, of course, yummy and I bet hubby would love it. But I want to hear more about the racoon and broken leg Or are you just pullin mine?
Thanks for another super recipe and a good laugh.
Ok MB,
I made your pie, and you forgot one little detail…you should only have a sliver of this pie, it is so darn good, but rich, my word it is rich. I cut myself a regular size peice, and nearly had sugar overload before I finished. It is delicious, and I will be making it again and again, but only when I have a houseful of company so they can eat it all before I binge!!!!!
Wait! Who has the broken leg? You or the Racoon? Did you fall out of the tree??????
Carol, that happened about 18 years ago and no, I wasn’t in the tree. I was trying to get the raccoon into the house and just walked too fast. Foot caught on a tree root and leg twisted going down. It snapped LIKE a tree limb, though! 🙂
Hawkeye, just got back from out your way and went right through middle Tennessee. While I was gone, we got a deluge and so our grass is finally green. It is so beautiful. Hoping for a little rain from this hurricane too. So we will see!! Glad you are alive and the search parties didn’t need to be called. 🙂
Herdog, I’ll do a post on the raccoon one of these days, pictures included. I wasn’t pulling your leg. But a doctor sure had to pull on mine!!
Judy, so glad you liked it!! It IS rich. I think that adding more cinnamon, nutmeg and a little clove could cut down on how rich it is too because it isn’t THAT much sugar. It just tastes like it!! But Mr. Fix-It likes it just plain. And yes, on making it for company to avoid poundage!!!
I’m Sorry, I guess i wasn’t paying attention….
Oh, you were paying attention, Carol. I just didn’t give any information!!