Baking Frenzy

2010.10.26

Get yer buttermilk pie here. Yeah, I used a frozen crust. I actually made a second pie so I could eat some to be sure that it was acceptable, since I'm not the biggest fan of frozen pie crust and I haven't made this is a while. This is the "test pie," which I'm going to cut into shortly. (Update: ok, yeah, it's good.)

I had buttermilk left over so while I was at it I made some whole wheat raisin & walnut skillet bread. I'd never made it with buttermilk before, and it's really pretty good!

Aaaand since the oven was hot anyway, might's well throw some acorn squash in there... baked with butter and salt & pepper.

Old school recipe! Look, it was TYPED and xeroxed! I don't understand why they think you have to use an electric mixer for this, though. A French whisk works just fine.

Slightly off-topic: at one point during the day I looked up and saw these nice leaves.

At the last minute I remembered tomorrow's office potluck, so I stopped at the co-op on the way home in a frenzy for ingredients for the one thing that I can remember all the ingredients for: this Alabama buttermilk pie. Then that led to a whole lot of other things.

it all looks so good.
(i love acorn squash except we do it with a little butter and brown sugar).

elora · 2010-10-26: 21:36

That's sounds good I'd like to have a go at it. Is it a bit like custard tart? I love custard tart but i've never made one.

ShangriLa · 2010-10-27: 00:05

I love cooking with buttermilk. I used them in my muffins

SusanM30 · 2010-10-27: 03:07

mmmm pie!

scicaro · 2010-10-27: 04:02

Shangri-La: Yes, it is like a custard pie. I really like it because as you see there's a lot of cinnamon and nutmeg in it, so the top crust is really spicy. My co-worker brought one in years ago and said it was an old recipe from his wife's family in Alabama.

Susan, it's great! I just am usually too lazy to buy buttermilk.

Liiisa · 2010-10-27: 06:00