Without further ado, I give you {drum roll please....}
Ma's Buttermilk Pie
This is a family recipe if ever there was one, and it is my Christmas gift to you my friends. Ma is my Great-Grandmother on my Daddy's side...my Daddy's Mother's Mother. I never had the pleasure of meeting Ma, but her legacy of good home cooking has been passed down to me and I am eternally grateful. Here is her recipe, as was handed down to me, for the pie which must be present at all our family functions from Thanksgiving to New Year's.
Ingredients:
3 eggs {just stir up}
2 cups sugar
2 heaping tablespoons flour {table spoon off the table, heaping with as much as spoon will hold}
1 stick margarine melted {don't tell Ma, but I use unsalted butter instead!}
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt {I use kosher...it's easier to pinch ;) }
Mix ingredients in order given. Pour into one 10" unbaked pie shell {or double recipe and use three 8" or 9" shells}. Bake for 1 hour at 325 degrees or until done.
It's best if you let it cool to room temperature before cutting into it. But...who am I kidding? We always make 2...just because we can't let it cool and end up "tasting" half the pie every. single. year.
Now get your fat pants out and enjoy!!
