Spiced Buttermilk Pie Food

AUTUMN SPICED BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place pie shell on a baking sheet. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, sift together the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking soda.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, butter, eggs and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry beating until well blended.
• Pour into the unbaked pie shell. If using a frozen pie shell, there's no need to thaw the pie shell first.
• Sprinkle the top with additional nutmeg. Bake for 50-65 minutes or until the center is set when gently shaken.
• Check the pie halfway through cooking and cover the edges if needed, to prevent over browning.
• Cool on a cooling rack to room temperature.
• Chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight before cutting.

BUTTERMILK PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: Pulse the flour, granulated sugar and salt in a food processor to combine. Add the shortening and half of the butter, a few pieces at a time, and pulse until it looks like coarse meal. Add the remaining butter and pulse until the dough begins forming a ball. Add the vinegar and 2 tablespoons ice water; pulse a few more times until the dough is smooth. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and squeeze together, then roll out into a 12-inch round. Ease into a 9-inch pie plate, pressing the dough into the bottom and up the side. Fold the overhanging dough under itself and crimp with your fingers or a fork. Freeze until firm, about 1 hour.
• Put a baking sheet on the middle oven rack and preheat to 375 degrees F. Line the crust with foil, then fill with pie weights or dried beans. Transfer to the hot baking sheet and bake until lightly golden around the edge, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack, remove the foil and weights and let cool completely; leave the baking sheet in the oven.
• Meanwhile, make the filling: Whisk the pumpkin puree, melted butter, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, allspice and cinnamon in a medium bowl until well combined. Add the buttermilk and flour and whisk until smooth. Pour into the cooled crust and return to the hot baking sheet in the oven. Bake until the filling is set, 50 minutes to 1 hour (the top may crack slightly). Transfer to a rack and let cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.

SPICED PEACH PIE WITH BUTTERMILK CRUST

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Blend flour, sugar and salt in processor. Add butter and lard; cut in using on/off turns until fat is reduced to pea-size pieces, about 25 turns. Using on/off turns, blend in 3/4 cup buttermilk until dough just comes together in moist clumps, adding more buttermilk if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball. Divide into 2 pieces, 1 slightly larger than the other. Flatten each into disk. Wrap disks in plastic; chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Make filling:
• Mix 3/4 cup sugar and next 4 ingredients in large bowl. Cook peaches in pot of boiling water 30 seconds. Transfer to bowl of cold water; cool. Peel, halve and pit peaches. Slice peaches into bowl with sugar mixture; toss to coat. Let filling stand until juices form, stirring often, about 20 minutes.
• Place 1 rack in center and 1 rack at lowest position in oven; preheat to 400°F. Roll out larger dough disk on floured surface to 12- to 13-inch round. Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter glass pie dish. Trim overhang to 3/4 inch. Mound filling in dish; dot with butter. Roll out second disk on floured surface to 12-inch round. Gently roll up dough onto rolling pin; drape dough over filling. Pinch overhang and edge of top crust together. Fold edge under. Cut several slits in top crust. Crimp edge. Brush pie with beaten egg; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Place pie on center rack in oven. Bake 50 minutes. Place baking sheet on lowest rack to catch drippings. Continue to bake pie until crust is brown and juices bubble thickly through slits, covering very loosely with foil if top browns too quickly, about 20 minutes. Cool on rack 1 hour. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Beat the butter and sugar together until light.
• Add the eggs and beat; then beat in vanilla.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the batter alternatively with the buttermilk; beat until smooth.
• Pour into a deep dish pie shell and bake at 400F for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350F and bake for 50-60 additional minutes.
• Pie should turn a nice golden brown and a knife inserted should come out clean.
• I think it is absolutely best when it is just still warm. (Not too hot, or it will be like napalm.).

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, flour, and lemon zest. Whisk in the eggs, 1at a time. Stir in the buttermilk and melted butter. Pour the buttermilk mixture into the pie shell and bake until the top is lightly browned and the center sets, about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature. Slice the pie into individual servings. Garnish with the whipped cream and mint.

BUTTERMILK PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In metal bowl, combine sugar and flour. In another bowl, lightly beat the eggs and add them to the sugar mixture, combining well. Blend the butter into the mixture using the back of a spoon. Add the buttermilk and blend with a whisk. If the butter has not incorporated by this step set the bowl over a pan of simmering water to help soften the butter. Add the lime juice, vanilla and nutmeg. Blend well. Slowly pour the custard filling into the pie crust. Set the pie on a baking sheet and place it in the oven for 1 hour. Remove pie and let it cool before cutting.
• Combine the butter, shortening, 2 cups of the cake flour, and 1 cup of the all-purpose flour. Blend together. Stop mixer, scrape the sides and add remaining 2 cups of cake flour and remaining 1 cup of all-purpose flour. Blend to combine completely. Mix sugar and salt into 1/4 cup of the water and add it to the flour mixture. Blend briefly and add the remaining water if needed. The dough should not be overworked and should make a solid piece when held in your hand. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured smooth surface and knead it several times. Divide the dough into portions and flatten it. Wrap unused dough in plastic. Roll out the dough to fit a 9-inch pie pan. Reserve any unused dough in the freezer for another use.
• Preheat oven to 475 degrees F. Prick bottom and sides of pastry with fork. Bake 12 minutes or until light brown. Cool on wire rack.

SPICED BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°.
• For pie: On a lightly floured surface, roll piecrust into a 12-inch circle. Transfer to a 9-inch pie plate, pressing into bottom and up sides. Fold edges under, and crimp as desired. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Top crust with parchment paper, letting ends extend over edges of plate. Add pie weights.
• Bake on a lower oven rack for 10 minutes. Carefully remove paper and weights. Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Leave oven on.
• In a large bowl, whisk together granulated sugar, flour, pie spice, and salt. Whisk in buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla until well combined. Pour filling into prepared crust.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°, and bake until set, 25 to 30 minutes more, covering with foil to prevent excess browning, if necessary. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
• In a large bowl, beat all ingredients with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Spread onto pie just before serving.
• Garnish with nutmeg, if desired. Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

SOUTHERN BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar together. Mix in eggs and flour and beat until fluffy. Fold in vanilla and buttermilk. Pour in unbaked pie crust.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.

BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• For crust: Use a 10-inch pie plate.
• Pulse flour and salt in food processor.
• Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• With machine running, add ice water a little at a time until dough just holds together.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface and flatten into a disk.
• Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Spread graham crumbs on clean work surface.
• Roll out dough on top of crumbs, coating both sides, int6o a 14 inch round about 1/8 inch thick.
• Fit into pie plate, crimp edges and refrigerate shell at least 30 minutes.
• For Pie: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Prick bottom of shell with a fork, line shell with foil, fill with dried beans and bake until edges are lightly browned- about 25 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes to lightly brown bottom of crust.
• Cool completely.
• Reduce oven to 350.
• In a bowl, whisk together buttermilk, butter, egg yolks and vanilla.
• In another bowl combine sugar, flour and salt.
• Whisk liquid ingredients into dry ingredients.
• Pass through a fine strainer into a clean bowl.
• Stir in lemon zest.
• Pour mixture into pie shell and bake until center is just set, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• Serve with berry sauce.