Dinner & A Book

Buttermilk Pie

– recipe featured in Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

Unbaked 9-inch pie crust
3T flour
1 ½ c sugar
1/8 t nutmeg
3 large eggs
1 t vanilla extract
1 c buttermilk
½ c butter, melted
2T fresh squeezed lemon juice
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place pie crust in 9-in pie pan and crimp rim.
Whisk sugar, flour, and nutmeg in small bowl.

Beat eggs until frothy. Add vanilla. Whisk in all remaining ingredients. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Lower heat to 350 degrees and place pie crust rim protector on crust. Bake 35-45 more minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool on rack 1 hour. Optional – top with fresh blueberries. Refrigerate leftover pie.