USS Missouri Buttermilk Pie

  • 300

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
  • 1 recipe Pastry for Single-Crust Pie (see recipe below)
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted**

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, gradually beat sugar into softened butter with an electric mixer, beating until mixture is well blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Combine flour and salt. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture. Beat in buttermilk until mixture is well blended. Pour into the Pastry for Single-Crust Pie. Sprinkle pecans over the filling in piecrust.

Bake in a 300 degree F oven for 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes or until the buttermilk filling is set. Cool. Store pie in the refrigerator. Makes 8 servings.