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Grandma Shirley's Buttermilk Pie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Pat-in-the-Pan Crust Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups Flour (All Purpose Unbleached)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
3 Tablespoons cold milk
2/3 cup oil (vegetable or canola–make sure it is fresh!)

Buttermilk Pie Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons flour
4 eggs, whisked
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 stick butter, melted and cooled (1/2 cup of butter)
1 tablespoon lemon juice (fresh squeezed)
1 tablespoon lemon zest
pinch of grated Nutmeg
Directions:
Directions:

Pat-in-the-Pan Crust Directions:
Whisk together dry ingredients in a bowl until blended
Add wet ingredients and stir gently until the dough forms a ball.( For a tender crust, do not over mix).
Put dough into pie pan and pat it thin and flat to conform to the shape of the pan.
Crimp the edges.
You are now ready for the filling.

Buttermilk filling:
1.In your mixer, combine the flour and sugar.
2.Stir in the eggs, and buttermilk .
3.Add the cooled melted butter, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
4.Add a pinch or two of grated Nutmeg.
5.Pour into the unbaked pie shell.
6.Put the pie in the center of the oven and bake at 425 in a pre-heated oven for 15 minutes, then lower the temp to 350, and bake for 40 more minutes.
7.Cool then keep chilled.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Shirley makes these for us for Christmas. Doug eats every bit.

 

 

 

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