Look for an easy recipe for a favorite at many Texas cafes: buttermilk pie? This recipe is as easy as they come, uses ingredients you probably already have in the pantry–and makes a great base if you’d like to add in some other ingredients to make this a pie all your own!
The ingredients list is short: buttermilk, butter (I used regular salted Falfurrias butter), vanilla extract, white sugar, all-purpose flour, lemon juice and a deep dish pie crust. I purchased pre-made pie crusts but feel free to substitute your own homemade pie crust if you like.
If you don’t have deep dish pie crust on hand, you can use two shallow pie crusts–but don’t pre-cook your pie crusts. You’ll want them thawed but uncooked.
Before you get started, melt your butter so it has plenty of time to cool to room temperature before mixing. (You don’t want to pour warm butter into the eggs and scramble them!)
And go ahead and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Take a few minutes to read through the recipe and consider any add-ins you might like to add to the recipe. Make this a pecan buttermilk pie by tossing in a cup of chopped pecans. How about blueberries? Toss in a cup of blueberries! I like it with just a scoop of ice cream (Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla!)
Once you’re ready to start, grab a large mixing bowl mix all the wet ingredients: eggs, butter, buttermilk, vanilla extract and lemon juice. I used a hand mixer; you can use a food processor or really whisk it together by hand, if you like.
Out of Buttermilk? Make Your Own!
Don’t run to the store just for buttermilk; you can easily make your own for this recipe.
Add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to a measuring cup; pour regular milk up to the 1 cup measure, give it a little stir. You now have 1 cup of buttermilk!
No vinegar? Use 1 tablespoon of lemon juice in its place for the same result.
Once the wet ingredients are mixed, add them to your dry ingredients: white sugar and all-purpose flour. Mix it all up.
You’ll save yourself a lot of breath-holding while transferring this to the oven if you put the pie plate on a cookie sheet BEFORE you pour in the mixture!
Pour it all in your deep dish pie plate then pop it in the pre-heated oven.
The pie will start to rise about halfway through the baking time…
You’ll know it’s done when you can insert a toothpick into the center and it comes out clean. Watch for the top to develop a nice, toasty crust as well.
Now the only tricky part…waiting two hours before you slice into the cooled pie! For a true Texas touch, serve with a scoop of Blue Bell ice cream!
Easy Buttermilk Pie Recipe
An easy-to-make pie that makes a great base for add-ins like blueberries or is perfect as a sweet end to any Texas meal.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 1 -1/2 cups white sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 9" deep dish pie crust, unbaked
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, mix eggs, butter, buttermilk, vanilla extract and lemon juice. Combine with hand mixer.
- In a second bowl, mix sugar and flour. Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.Place pie shell on baking sheet. Pour mixture into pie shell; place on oven rack in lower 1/3rd of oven.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes. Remove from oven and place on cooling rack for two hours before slicing.
- Store in refrigerator for up to four days or wrap slices tightly and freeze.