Old Fashioned Pie Recipes: Buttermilk and ShooFly

Below are two more old-fashion pies: Buttermilk or ShooFly.  Check out the history of shoofly pie.To see the other pie, go to Butterscotch post. 

Buttermilk Pie

Ingredients

3 eggs

1 and 2/3 cups sugar

4 Tablespoons flour

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 stick margarine, melted

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon vinegar

Directions

1. Beat eggs and sugar.  Add flour and beat well.

2. Beat in buttermilk, vanilla, and vinegar.  Beat well.

3. Pour into unbaked pie shell.  Bake at 325 degrees for one hour.  

EXTRA:  For a buttermilk pie that does not require a crust consider the Bisquick Buttermilk Pie also called Impossible Buttermilk Pie.

Texas ShooFly Pie

Ingredients

1 cup flour

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 Tablespoon shortening or margarine

3/4 cup hot water

1 cup molasses

1 egg

1 teaspoon baking soda, dissolved in 1/4 cup hot water

1 9-inch single crust pie shell*

Directions

1. Combine flour, brown sugar, and shortening.  Using pastry blender, make into crumbs. Set aside.

2. Combine molasses, hot water, egg, and dissolved baking soda.  Mix well.

3. Reserve some crumbs.  Stir most of the crumbs into liquid.

4. Pour mixture into pie crust and top with reserved crumbs.

5. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. 

NOTE:  This pie is typically made in an uncooked pie crust so it is chewy.  However, if you want a more crispy crust, you may pre-bake your pie crust for 10 minutes to get it slightly brown and then reduce heat for complete pie baking.

EXTRAS:  If you want to get the kids giggling, make and serve Apple Pan Dowdy pie too for a family gathering - be sure to play the song Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy!  Or try the Bisquick Apple Pie Dowdy cobbler version instead.  Want another funny-names pie?  Try Sawdust Pie.