Amish Buttermilk Pie

This smooth, custard-like Amish Buttermilk Pie is a unique recipe with a sweet, fresh flavor.

Amish Buttermilk Pie Recipe

As you know, I love finding old-fashioned recipes and making Amish recipes from old Amish cookbooks. If you’ve ever used one of these cookbooks, you’ll find that a lot of times the recipes are very vague. They assume you know what temperature to bake a pie or for exactly how long a recipe should bake. Tricky, right? Because I don’t always know how long a pie should bake. I’m still learning about baking every.single.day.

Which is why I had to make this Amish Buttermilk Pie 4 times. Yes, 4 times. To get it perfect. Just for you!

I normally think of pie as stuffed mile-high full of fruit, so finding this pie filling that takes just 5 minutes to mix up, made with buttermilk? You bet I had to try it.

Homemade Buttermilk Vs Store Bought

The main ingredient in this Amish recipe is buttermilk. Normally when a recipe calls for buttermilk, I simply use a mixture of milk or cream and vinegar. This homemade buttermilk gives the effect that you need in rolls, breads, pancakes and such. But since this recipe called for 2 cups of buttermilk, I used the real stuff. You can find buttermilk in the dairy section of your grocery store right by the milk and cream. Store bought buttermilk is thicker, which is needed for this recipe.

Pie Crust

This recipe is fairly simple and straightforward. You can use store-bought pie crust to make, but may I suggest our grandma’s pie crust? Her pie crust was the best. Light and flaky…the perfect butteriness. I think you’ll love it.

How do you know when a buttermilk pie is done?

The center of the pie should be firm, but slightly jiggly, similar to a cheesecake. Watch the pie closely because baking times will vary based on different ovens, pie plate sizes and even the type of buttermilk you use.

Do you need to refrigerate a buttermilk pie?

After the pie cools to room temperature, you should cover it with plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator.

How long does buttermilk pie keep?

Buttermilk pie will last in the refrigerator for 2-3 days after baking.

Q: Have you ever had buttermilk pie? I’d love to hear about it!

Amish Buttermilk Pie

4.77 from 17 votes

This smooth, custard-like Amish Buttermilk Pie is a unique recipe with a sweet, fresh flavor. If you like sweet & tangy, this is the dessert recipe for you! Amish Buttermilk Pie {Old Fashioned Recipe for a Unique Pie}

Servings 8

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour

Total Time 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

 

US Customary - Metric

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 2 large eggs beaten
• 2 tablespoons butter melted
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• Pastry for 1 9 inch pie crust

Instructions

 

• Press pastry for pie crust into a 9" pie plate.
• In a small bowl, combine the sugar and flour.
• Add the beaten eggs, melted butter, buttermilk and extract.
• Pour into the prepared pie crust.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 50 minutes, or until the center is firm.

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Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 192mg | Potassium: 118mg | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 255IU | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 0.9mg

Author Julie Clark

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Calories 280

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Recipe from the Mennonite Community Cookbook