No. 34 – Hoosier Saccharide Cream Pie

This wasn’t the exclusively pie I made this weekend.  But it is yesteryear far the best.  I tried to educate a recipe for an orangish cream pie but it ended upwards almost tasteless thence I abandoned that especial pursuit.  I’ve had this recipe for Sugar Cream Pie inwards the rotation for a long time.  I knew I’d demand a quick, simple, delicious, heirloom recipe to clitoris out i day.  Yesterday was that day.  I’ve said it earlier together with I’ll tell it again, the unproblematic pies of ofttimes improve than those that direct maintain all solar daytime to make.

I’ve seen many recipes for Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie on the Food Network, yesteryear Paula Dean, together with posted on-line yesteryear many other famous foodies.  I chose this recipe posted on Tasty Kitchen because she mentioned that her Great-Grandmama made it every holiday.  I dearest the heritage behind these recipes together with I was curious to know virtually the Indiana connectedness to this pie.   I works life an interesting history on Whats Cooking America about the beginnings of this humble pie.

1850s – The recipe appears to direct maintain originated inwards Indiana alongside the Shaker and/or Amish communities inwards the 1800s equally a dandy pie recipe to role when the apple tree bins were empty. You volition discovery somewhat like pies inwards the Pennsylvania Dutch County together with a few other places inwards the U.S.A. alongside pregnant Amish populations. The Shakers believed inwards eating hearty together with salubrious food. They definitely must direct maintain had a sweetness tooth, though, judging yesteryear the saccharide cream pie.

This pie was also known equally finger pie because the filling was sometimes stirred alongside a finger during the baking procedure to forestall breaking the bottom crust. People used to skim the thick yellowish cream from the overstep of chilled fresh milk to brand this delectable dessert.

The writer goes on to tell that at that spot are many variations of the saccharide cream pie but most are distinguished yesteryear their lack of eggs inwards the filling.  I only dearest a footling storey alongside my pie 🙂

This pie is made alongside ingredients that are nearly e'er on hand.  You volition demand cornstarch, sugar, butter, cream, vanilla, cinnamon & nutmeg.  And you’ll demand a prepared pie crust.

 

Pour the cream into a heavy bottomed medium saucepan.

 

Mix the cornstarch together with saccharide together.

 

Then whisk the saccharide mixture into the cream.

 

Add 4 tablespoons melted butter to the cream.  Cook over medium oestrus whisking constantly.  Mixture volition laid about to thicken together with start to bubble.  Cook for about more infinitesimal thence take away from heat.

 

Whisk inwards the vanilla until blended.

 

Pour the filling into the prebaked pie crust.

 

Drizzle 2 tablespoons melted butter on overstep together with sprinkle alongside cinnamon together with nutmeg.  Place the pie nether the broiler until the butter bubbles together with the surface starts to brown.

 

Cool together with refrigerate for at to the lowest degree 4 hours or until middle is set.

 

Store left-overs inwards the fridge.

 

Hoosier Cream Pie

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Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie Recipe

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

Dating dorsum to the 1800's - this unproblematic pie is withal pop together with delicious!

Course:

Dessert, Pie

Servings: 8 slices

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  1
  pre-baked Pie Crust (see link inwards NOTES)
  


• 
  4
  tablespoons
  cornstarch
  


• 
  3/4
  cup
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  2 1/4
  cups
  heavy cream
  


• 
  4
  tablespoons
  butter,
  melted
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  vanilla extract
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter,
  melted
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  cinnamon
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  ground nutmeg
  

Instructions

1. 
   

   Mix the cornstarch together with saccharide together. Pour heavy cream together with melted butter into a medium heavy bottom saucepan. Whisk inwards the cornstarch saccharide mixture together with create over medium heat. Whisk constantly to forestall burning together with create until mixture thickens together with begins to boil. Cook 1 to a greater extent than infinitesimal together with take away from heat. 

   
   


2. 
   

   Whisk inwards vanilla together with pour filling into baked pie crust. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of melted butter over overstep of pie together with sprinkle the cinnamon together with nutmeg. Place the pie nether the broiler together with broil until the butter bubbles together with surface starts to brown. This won’t direct maintain long thence don’t walk away!

   
   


3. 
   

   Cool thence refrigerate for at to the lowest degree 4 hours or until pump is set. Serve together with enjoy!

   
   

Recipe Notes

Adapted from a recipe on Tasty Kitchen

 

 

Use our Perfect Pie Crust Recipe inwards iii slow steps alongside video tutorial. Click HERE to larn the recipe.

Thanks thence much for stopping by!  I promise you lot had a prissy weekend Happy Monday!
(To all you lot mom’s of schoolhouse historic catamenia children that only went dorsum to schoolhouse – direct maintain a lovely day!)

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com