Buttermilk Pie and Hee Haw Nights
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“You’re only spending one night, Katy”
“But PLEASE Mama, can’t I just spend ten nights?”
“Oh Katy” I said, in an exaggerated voice “We’d just miss you SO MUCH if you were gone more than one!”
This was a recent conversation we had on the way to take Katy to spend the night at my mama’s house. My kids don’t get to spend nearly as much time as I’d like with my parents because they live a pretty good bit away from us and I understood her excitement completely. There really is something magical about Grandparents.
We used to beg to spend the night with my grandparents. Grandmama, Grandaddy, and my great grandmother Lela all lived in one house when we were kids and getting to spend a Saturday night at their house was like hitting the jackpot for us for many reasons but the two main ones were:
- We were, of course, the center of their universe the entire time we were there and getting to be the center of the universe of these three people was about as good as it gets
- Saturday night was Hee Haw night!
My rambling today actually is related in a roundabout way to the recipe. ‘Course, I could just get right to the point, describe the dish, and give you the recipe, but wheres the fun in that?
My grandparents used to love ice cold buttermilk and though we scoff at drinking it these days (most folks going for whole or “sweet” milk as they used to call it), I can fully see why it would have been a treat long ago. You know how kids today like sour things, candy and even drinks? I can see how a child of the depression would look forward to a cold glass of rich, sour buttermilk the same way.
Me and My Grandaddy
On those special Saturday nights, we’d eat supper at their large table and then head on into the den as Grandmama made us glasses of milk (sweet milk for us, buttermilk for them) to crumble our cornbread into and eat with a spoon. I’d curled up next to my Grandaddy on the couch, his arm draping naturally around me once he finished his cornbread. We’d watch Buck Owens and Minnie Pearl, giggling and singing the PFFT! You Were Gone song when it came on as my grandparents acted like they had no idea what was coming up. The little jokes told in the cornfield had us laughing hysterically (kids are so much more easily impressed with jokes) and then they’d get down to the picking and a grinning, one of Grandaddy’s favorite parts of the show. “I’ma pickin’ – and I’ma grinnin’!”
I’d give anything to be able to have one more Saturday night at Grandmama and Grandaddy’s house in good old Huntsville, Alabama.
But life has changed and I’ve grown up. Hee Haw doesn’t show on any of my channels anymore and Grandaddy isn’t here to wrap his arm around me. Tomorrow I’m going to New York city for the first time in my life, to meet with my publishers and several people who are working behind the scenes on my book . I bet Granddaddy is tickled at how a few stories and recipes from the days of milk and cornbread have ended up with me flying to New York and having a book published. (Note, this post was written in 2010, to see the post about how my New York Trip went, click here.)
I’ll be gone almost four full days and during that time my kids are going to get to spend the night with their grandmama and granddaddy, which makes my heart a little less sick over leaving them and puts a smile on my face at the memories I know they’ll be creating. I bet they won’t have milk and cornbread but I think I’ll make some first thing when I get back. Maybe I’ll even pull up a little Hee Haw on Youtube and teach them the words to “You Were Gone”. (There is actually a video of me and my friend Terri singing this with the kids here)
With that bit of nostaliga, here is a classic Southern recipe for you. Simple yet delicious, with our beloved buttermilk as the headlining ingredient. I’ll save ya a slice, Grandaddy.
You’ll need: Sugar, Buttermilk, Vanilla, Eggs, Flour, and Butter or Margarine.
You also need a little lemon juice but I don’t have any right now so we’re making do without it. I’ll put it in the ingredient list down in the recipe though. I really prefer making do to making a special trip to the grocery store. That’s how folks did it in the old days anyway.
A little cinnamon is nice for the top, but not required.
You’ll also need an unbaked pie shell.
I am using my mix in the pan pie crust recipe here but you can just buy one if you like.
Place your butter or margarine in a mixing bowl with the sugar
Beat until light and fluffy
Add in your milk
(and lemon juice if you have it)
add in your flour
and eggs and vanilla
Here eggie eggie eggie!
You know I’m still aching for a chicken coop. One of these days we’re gonna have to move out of the city limits. ~sighs~
Mix that up well.
and pour in your pie shell (or pie crust)
Sprinkle with cinnamon
Bake for about forty minutes, or until browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
Note: This pie will be a little jiggly in the middle but as it cools it will set.
I prefer to serve mine cold. This has a very simple and light taste, its perfect to serve with berries or fruit.
It’s also pretty if you sprinkle each slice with a little confectioner’s sugar like I did in this photo.
I’ve never made this pie with Splenda but you can substitute that for the sugar if you like, just remember to measure it out light and fluffy, and remove a tablespoon or two so that you are using a weeee bit less Splenda than sugar, this will help avoid the artificially sweetened taste. Another sugar substitute that I’ve tried recently is one called Ideal Sweetener. I absolutely cannot tell the difference between that one and real sugar AND you can even bake with it. I’m having a hard time finding it in my area but you can visit their website to find out where they may have it near you. It is the closest thing to real sugar I have ever tasted (without being real sugar).
Buttermilk Pie
Ingredients
- Unbaked 9 inch pie shell (or make your own with this recipe)
- 1/2 Cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 Cups sugar
- 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 Cup buttermilk
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- Cinnamon for sprinkling over the top, if desired
Instructions
- In mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add in all remaining ingredients. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top, if desired. Bake at 350 for forty minutes. Let cool and store in refrigerator.
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Ingredients
- Unbaked 9 inch pie shell (or make your own with this recipe)
- 1/2 Cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 Cups sugar
- 3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 Cup buttermilk
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- Cinnamon for sprinkling over the top, if desired
Instructions
- In mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add in all remaining ingredients. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top, if desired. Bake at 350 for forty minutes. Let cool and store in refrigerator.
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When was the last time you…
Had a spoon and egg race?
Saw how many cotton balls you could transfer to a bowl using only a glob of Vaseline on the tip of your nose?
Touched the sky with your toes?
Winked?
Picked out your favorite freckle on the face of someone you love?
Aren’t you overdue?
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
~Robert Frost
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on May 31 2010. Filed under Dessert, Pie.
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Oh dear Christy:
Those of us who use DISH as our TV provider receive Hee Haw on Sun nights 7pm CST on Channel 231. Its so neat to relive those memories. We love buttermilk pie too!
Hope your trip to NYC is GREAT! Just hurry back to bammyland to keep us on our toes with your cooking.
sharon in alabama
Now I need DISH tv!!!!!!!! Oh how wonderful that someone is playing it!!! I rarely watch tv but when I do I really enjoy GMC because they play reruns of Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. I also feel (and I’ve mentioned it in a post before) that every American citizen should be required to watch every single episode of Little House On The Prairie! If the UN adopted a law about that, I am convinced we’d have world peace by the time Mary started losing her eyesight
Oh how I miss TV you never had to turn off when kids walked in the room!
Thank you so much Sharon, I’ll be back in two shakes of a lamb’s tail!
Gratefully,
christy
Hee Haw comes on RFDTV. They have links on their homepage for DirectTV, Dish Network and Cable. Maybe you can find it.
http://www.rfdtv.com/Press/Releases/HTML/Hee_Haw.asp
This is too funny! My hubby and I were visiting my parents a week ago this last Sunday, and they were getting ready to watch Hee Haw!! They asked if we wanted to stay and watch with them. Since my hubby goes to bed at 8pm we couldn’t stay. But we used to watch it every Saturday night, too. How I miss those simpler days when we didn’t have to worry about all the things we do today!
Thanks Christy (again) for bringing some wonderful memories to mind!
Have fun in NYC! Take lots of pictures!
Veronica
Christy, go to Amazon.com. They have DVDs of many Hee Haw episodes, even the 10th Anniversary 2 hour show.
I think we need a Hee Haw watching party
Christy, GMC has also started playing the Waltons! (which is one of the shows my mom and I both like to watch) Sometimes, Dr. Quinn can be a bit too much for me, but my mom loves it! Also, if you get RTV (retro channel) they show old shows like Daniel Boone (which all of my family likes!) RTV is usually part of a local station. (here it’s a digital offshoot of ABC) Just thought I’d throw that out there for you.
Christy, I love your stories! They’re what makes your recipes so special. Although I have a lot of cook books (and do love them), I tend to make most of my recipes from Allrecipes.com (love reading the reviews) and now from your blog because I like hearing people talk about the recipes they make. Incidentally, I have done all of those things you mentioned (except for the cotton ball one) pretty darn recently. I guess I should count myself lucky!
As for the actual recipe, I would make this tonight to go with our Memorial Day barbecue, but I don’t have any buttermilk. I’m going to try a recipe for chocolate chip cookie pie instead. I’ve only had buttermilk pie once about 6 years ago- I visited my dad down in Louisiana and we went and toured the Houmas House plantation (I love old plantations), then we went to this tiny restaurant. Dinner was great, then we ordered buttermilk pie for dessert because we’d never had it. It was so good, and that was a wonderful day spent with my dad who I only get to see once every year or so.
Christy, I hope you have a great time in New York City and I trust that you’ll have lots of stories and pictures to share when you get back!
Annarose, you ARE lucky! WOW, I’m impressed!!! I hope you had a wonderful Memorial day with your family and I’m so glad you’re here on Southern Plate! Just by reading this comment I know you are going to be such a joy to get to know.
If you ever need buttermilk and don’t want to go buy it, just add about two tablespoons of lemon juice to a glass of whole milk and let it sit for five minutes. It will get really thick and yummy and makes your perfect buttermilk substitute!
Thank you SO MUCH for wishing me well in NYC, I’m crossing my fingers and holding my breath, cross your pinky toes for me!!!
Gratefully,
Christy
My Mom still says ‘a little pig just went by’ when she remembers something a bit “off topic” in a conversation. She’s referring to one of those little pigs that would run by with a sign telling you something on Hee Haw. Only those of us who remember “the little pigs running by” really know what she means!
OH!!!!! OH!!!! You just made my heart sing with that wonderful memory!
CHRISTY, IT’S REALLY FUNNY THAT WE USE TO EAT MILK AND BREAD TOO AND THE REAL CLINCHER IS THAT MY MIDDLE SON GRADUATED THE 21ST AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW FROM FLORIDA CAME UP FOR HIS GRADUATION. SHE AND I HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT A BUTTERMILK PIE. SHE IS FROM UP NORTH AND HAD NEVER TRIED IT SO, BEING THE SOUTHERNER THAT I AM WELL, THAT JUST WOULDN’T DO. YOU HAVE NEVER LIVED UNTIL YOU HAVE HAD A PIECE OF BUTTERMILK PIE. SO I MADE ONE YUMMY. SHE JUST LOVED IT. MY RECIPE IS ALMOST AS OLD AS I AM. SIMULAR TO YOURS BUT I MINE DOESN’T CALL FOR FLOUR, CINNAMON, OR LEMON JUICE.
THE MEMORIES THAT WE HAVE CAN NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY.
Amen, Theresa! I love how you said “SHE IS FROM UP NORTH AND HAD NEVER TRIED IT SO, BEING THE SOUTHERNER THAT I AM WELL, THAT JUST WOULDN’T DO. ”
lol
You sound just like me, sister!!!!
Gratefully,
christy
Oh my goodness Christy!!!!! Some of the best memories of my childhood were at my PawPaw & Granny’s watching HeeHaw!! Even now I have this big goofy smile on my face remembering those times
AND we had buttermilk/cornbread after supper…. AND my Granny’s Buttermilk pie was so good it made the angels sing hahaha Thank you again for helping us carry on these wonderful wonderful traditions!!! OH, I owe you an apology … I received the Thank you card I sent you back in the mail … I don’t know why they couldn’t deliver it with an incomplete address? I guess I thought everyone knew you??
hehe! I’ll have to call up the post office and ask ‘em what they were thinking! lol I have oodles of postal issues since moving to the new place that I won’t go into for fear of them going on strike altogether. That was so sweet of you to send a thank you card! Maybe if you try my P.O. Box, that is the public address I usually give out because things tend to get there easier than to my house
I’d love to read what you wrote!
Southern Plate
P.O. Box 2308
Madison, AL 35758
Oh, this looks yummy!
I have a quick question though… I noticed someone else asked in the comments section on the pie crust about whether or not you bake the crust first and then fill it or if you can bake the crust along with the pie but I didn’t see an answer. So, if I were to use your pie crust recipe linked above, would I fill it with this buttermilk pie recipe before baking it then? (silly question, I’m sure, but I like to be certain because things don’t usually turn out so well when I “experiment” in the kitchen! LOL)
I was wondering the same thing. I plan to make this for dinner (well dessert after dinner) tonight and already made up the crust. I didn’t bake it yet so I just covered in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge. I’m excited to try this!
There are no silly questions here and you are all WONDERFUL cooks!!!
That having been said, you don’t bake your crust first, pour your filling in the unbaked crust and then bake it together.
Hope this helps!
Gratefully,
christy
That story about you visiting your grandparents touched my heart so. I think that your memories are so sweet. I only went to visit my grandmother one time when I was a child. She lived far from me and I never had a chance to get to know her. My own grandkids also live far from me and I don’t get a chance to see them either. So sad, they don’t know what they’re missing. I am so much fun and I’d spoil them rotten. Thank you for sharing with us.
Oh Kathy, I’m so sorry to hear that. We oughta start up a fund to relocate you!
A great many grandparents are in your shoes though, and I’ve known some AMAZING long distance grandparents. You’d be amazed at how close kids will feel to you just by getting letters regularly and little notes! I know they’ll grow up knowing how much you love them either way!
Gratefully,
Christy
Boy did this post bring back so many childhood memories…thanks!!!
thank YOU!
My favorite pie! Ours is the same but with just vanilla (no-no-no to the lemon juice) and topped with nutmeg instead of cinnamon. Melt in your mouth good.
What wonderful memories you helped bring back. I get on my soapbox every once in a while and tell my kids and grandkids they don’t know what they are missing. I grew up in a small town and loved the stories the older people told us. Wish I had had a tape recorder then.
I have never had a buttermilk pie and it looks very pretty and tasty , but I truly don’t like buttermilk so is that the taste or does the pie filling change it? I hope you love your trip to NYC and have a safe journey. Be prepared for culture shock! The prices are so different than in SE Ohio and I live in a three traffic light town so NYC isa concrete jungle to me. I used to love Hee Haw and we do not get it here-I also miss The Waltons. Whenever I watched that I felt like I belonged in that era and area. Loved it through and through.
Elaine, you won’t taste the buttermilk. Just as in cornbread, one doesn’t taste the buttermilk; it just gives it a rich flavor that milk doesn’t.
Hey, Christy! Great post and precious pictures! Can’t wait to make the pie! Have a glorious day, everyone!
I love buttermilk. I still drink it and drink it straight. I used to eat buttermilk and crackers with my grandmother after church on Sunday nights. She would fix a big bowl with two spoons and I would stand beside her on the couch eating it with her. There was something on TV but I don’t remember what.
She was also the dessert queen and I inherited that in the family too. I have her Rumford Baking Powder cookbook. I just love to look it and see her handwriting.
I miss my grandparents. Thanks for bringing all the memories back.
Ginger
Christy,
I think someone already mentioned that it comes on RFD-TV via Dish Network. (We have to pay a couple dollars extra to get that channel.) My 6-year-old boy is enamoured with it. He wakes up in the morning wanting me to find “Yee Haw”. We’re learning that it is “HEE Haw.”
Enjoy your time in NYC. I’m sure you’ll love it. I do
Your Buttermilk Pie looks like a custard tart. Hmmm, I don’t know if you have custard tarts there.
Look at Karo’s hair!
I loved Hee-Haw as a kid! And, buttermilk pie is sooo yummy!
Your babies are ADORABLE! I just wanna squeeze ‘em!
I too remember saturday nites and Hee Haw at my grandparents.We ate Circus Peanuts,chocolate cream drops or Black Cherry Ice Cream (my granpa’s favorite)
Have fun in NEW YORK CITY!
Christy, reading what you have posted always puts a smile on my face. I am a Georgia peach who was blessed by God’s grace to have been raised by my Great-Grandparents! The days of sitting on my Paw-paw’s lap and watching Hee-Haw were a much simpler time. My favorite part of the show was when Minnie Pearl would yell, “How-dy!”
We ate more than our fair share of cornbread and milk. Some times my Greats would eat saltines and buttermilk too! Have you done a post on oyster stew?
Wish we had known each other during the time that I was living in Athens, AL, because I think we are kindred spirits!
Have a safe trip back from NYC!
I love reading your blog for this very reason. I grew up with both parents and grandparents watching Hee Haw. We loved the Pffft song.
My mom’s family would come over on the weekend and they’d have pickin and grinin at our house or one of the other relatives. My mom played piano, my dad guitar, one of my uncles played the steal my grand father the fiddle, another uncle the mandolin and yet another on guitar.
Those days are long gone, and while at times back then I hated them ( just wasn’t cool I thought), I’d give anything to have them all back here again. I’ve lost both my parents, my mom just this past Dec, and my grandfather. I don’t get to see the others often enough.
We grew up calling it sweet milk cuz that’s what my mom called it. BTW she called white bread (better known back then as light bread) lightening bread. My sisters and I still say that.
My guess is people are fond of drinking butter milk these days because it just flat isn’t the same thing. It’s pasteurized and artificial cultured, real butter milk, the kind our grandparents (and some of us older folks parents) drank was the thin liquid left over after making butter. Since it was made of raw milk from their own cows it was naturally cultured. My mom said it was much thinner but tasted much richer than the cultured stuff you get in cartons these days.
Mom mom always saved a piece of corn bread to have the next day crumbled in her sweet milk. Something I never tried, I don’t like milk and to tell the truth it doesn’t like me either. But I might have to give it go, just for mom. I sure do miss her and I understand all about the memories. You sure brought back a bunch for me of staying with my Nanny and Granddaddy and later just my Nanny. My Nanny made the best buttermilk pie. Don’t have her recipe unfortunately but now I have yours. Thank you and good luck in NY
I love this post! I think we must have had the same grandparents because we always watched HeeHaw on Saturday nights too while my mammaw ate her cornbread in a big glass of buttermilk. What great memories I have from spending time at her house!
Christy,
My paternal grandparents ( of the depression era) always spooned cornbread with ice cold buttermilk. The kids never liked it. That brought back super memories. My Grandaddy used to have a garden and I remember sucking on pure sugar cane while watching Hee Haw.
I know I commented on this the other day – guess the internet ate it.
My husband’s mama makes buttermilk pie. That’s his favorite pie, and I’d never heard of it til we got married. I’ve been working on it though, and he says it’s “almost as good” as his mama makes.
She doesn’t use lemon either – just vanilla. And nothing sprinkled on top.
If you want to see something neat, go to lulu roman’s website and see how much weight she has lost and her concert schedule. We met her a few years ago at a gospel concert and fan fair and are on fb together.Talk about reliving episodes and laughing until we cried. She is absolutely beautiful inside and out… and loves southern cooking. Maybe your book paths will cross! Praying for your safety in travel.
I also used to watch Hee Haw with my grandparents! And sang along with the Pfft song. And every year, when we took a road trip from SC to Memphis to visit family, I’d beg to see Shotgun Red as we passed throug Nashville. Thanks for bringing back those memories.
I’m a Northerner, so trying to figure out what to do with most of a quart of buttermilk could have been a challenge…but as a Southern Plate reader I knew immediately where to turn. This is the first recipe I have tried on here and wow, is it yummy! I baked the pie crust first by accident but it still turned out delicious. I recently returned from a vacation to North Carolina and feel like reading Southern Plate keeps me in touch with so many things I loved while I was there.
Christy, I love the pix of you and your grand daddy, he looks too young for a grandpa. I use to do the same thing with my grandpa on saturday nites. I am going to make this buttermilk pie! How do I post pictures on a post?
Christy…
Just wanted to let you know that I made this pie for the 4th of July. It was absolutely one of THE best pies I’ve ever eaten. The filling was sugary and creamy and went perfectly with the flakiness of the pie crust. I served it with a bit of whipped cream and some fresh blackberries on top. It was perfect.
I’d never heard of buttermilk pie before… which is shameful for a Georgia gal… but this recipe is definitely going into my “keeper” file. In fact…. I’ll probably be making another one in the next day or two. I gotta have something to eat those remaining blackberries with. *grin*
Thanks again for another great recipe.
Hope you’re staying cool.
~Karen
Christy, I could not believe it when I read your post. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes, remembering HeeHaw nights with my grandparents. I remember the color and feel of the couch I used to sit on with them. If I recall, we used to watch Porter Wagner that same night too!!
Thanks for the memories!!
We love to make buttermilk pies, but before we add the filling to the pie crust…I always fill the bottom with pecans. They rise to the top and look somewhat like a pecan pie. Then you have all of that creamy buttermilk custard underneath….MM-MMM:)
I have one here called Blender Instant Pie. Sounds just like your Buttermik Pie
4 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup bisquick 1/4 tsp nutmeg
Place all ingredients in blender. Blend thoroughly.
Pour into 9-inch greased pie plate.
Bake in 375* oven for 50 minutes or untill done. Bisquick will combine to form crust on bottom.
Is Buttermilk pie the same as chess pie? My family LOVES Chess pie.
Christy, I just came across your website today & I’m so pleased that I did. Although I was raised up North, my ex-in-laws are from the South & I’ve enjoyed many recipes from them. About 20 years ago a young lady came into where I worked & said she was going home to make her husband a Buttermilk pie. I had never had one & that sweetheart made me one which was to die for. I lost the recipe but thanks to you now have it back. Can’t wait to make it. One of my favorite dishes that my in-laws made was “Heart Attack on a Plate”….leaf lettuce with hot bacon grease & green onions with hot cornbread. MMMMM Good!!! Thanks for the great recipes!!!
Christy I just wanted to let you know that this pie is amazing- even after all the trouble it put me through. I got a craving for it after little one went to bed and so I had to make due with some things (like no buttermilk, but I got to try your make in the pan pie crust, yum) and then my vanilla (is it really one whole tablespoon?) went missing so I had to hunt for it and lastly (and most spectacularly) my spice rack was out to get me so somehow I ended up sprinkling paprika over the top of the pie instead of cinnamon! BUT even after all of that it was a great pie and I got to share it with some sweet people the next day, because eating a whole pie even when pregnant is just not a good idea ^_^
my grandkids are eagerly awaiting school to be out. they keep asking their mama for at least 20 nights at a time,lol. ahhh…summers and grandparents. they kind of go together like summer and homemade icecream!
I agree Susan!! I know you are going to have a wonderful time and make lots of great memories!
I remember watching Hee Haw at home with my parents. They were from Chicago and New York, so the goodies were a bit different, but the nostalgia remains the same. Thanks for sharing such a sweet memory.
Jennie, I bet their conversation about the show were about as funny as the show itself.
I grew up in Indiana and wondered if this would be the same as a Sugar Cream pie that my grandmother and many other women in my family made when I was a child? I love your site and your recipes!!
Thank you so much Brenda!! I am not sure, you would have to try it and see if it is close. I am sure like many other recipes it had different names in different areas but I am not sure if this would be the same or not.
Christy, your post made me cry this morning. I remember so well, spending Saturday night with my own sweet grandparents and watching Hee Haw. My brother and I were just reliving those memories on Mother’s Day. Thank you for reminding me. Have fun in NYC! My daughter and I were there this past Thanksgiving. Such an exciting place!!
Lynn, I hope it was a good cry, but I am glad it brought back some fond memories.
Christy good morning…I have been making Buttermilk Pie for years now. My recipe is a little different than yours but the pretty much the same concept I don’t add lemon or cinnamon. My daughter which is a fabulous cook won’t attempt this pie because she wants her “momma” to make it for her. I add coconut to my recipe (I don’t measure it- I just add enough until it looks right). Have you ever tried that? It is really good. If you do try it please let me know what you think. I enjoy receiving your emails and blogs. Have a blessed day.
Karen
LOL, there are still some things that I would rather my Momma make for me too. I think we all feel that way. I have tried it with coconut but it has been a long time, I might just have to try it again soon.
Hey, Christy – this post made me tear up a bit remember my great-grandparents doing the cornbread and buttermilk thing. I’d spend a week with them every summer and watch Hee Haw on Saturday nights! We are teaching our kids to love Hee Haw these days … it comes on a 7p Sunday nights on RFDTV. So many good memories!
Amber, I might just have to come visit you on Sunday nights.
Oh how I can remember those nights that all of us kids and mama and daddy would all sit and watch Hee Haw. I wish we could get it on our cable channel so my grandchildren could watch it! I’d bake your yummy buttermilk pie and watch Hee Haw with them! Love ya Christy, A fellow Alabamian who follows you!
Love you too debbie! I think that is a fabulous idea. Maybe we should all start calling out TV providers and threaten a good ol southern hissy fit if they don’t put Hee Haw on.
I have won the local pie tasting contest with my buttermilk pie — and the next year took second place with a version with coconut in it. I take this pie to our church fall turkey dinner and always hear raves about it — I joke that when we look at the old food pyramid with the peak at the top where you find things you probably should never ever eat — buttermilk pie is there — but — oh, so good. If you’ve never tried it — DO.
Oh WOW Marylyn, that is so neat!! Congratulations on your wins, and you are right there is just nothing else like it!
From 1975 to 1978 was my first ‘stint’ living in NC and watched Hee-Haw quite often. I never would have dreamed that one day I would have the oportunity to get to know a little blonde headed girl who was in the process of makin’ Hee-Haw memories with her Grandady. Life sure is full of pleasant surprises!
It sure is Debbie!! ~HUGS~
Grandpa Jones was always my favorite; I couldn’t wait to see what was for dinner. And I was a teenager, waiting around to go out on a date!!! I loved Hee Haw.
I treasured similar visits with my grandparents in West Virginia! Once we moved to Chicago, those visits were few and far between. But filled with week-long visits with all our cousins & playin’ out back in the creek & and taking turns on the “Tarzan Swing” (a tire swing).
While my grandparents favored Lawrence Welk & Rex Humbard, I loved Hee Haw! Right down to the very stylish Hee Haw short-overalls that I wore out!
My own mommy, used to make Buttermilk pie on special occasions. She’s been gone 4 years and I hadn’t had a bite of Buttermilk pie in that long. I hosted Easter this year, and pulled out her recipe. I was scared to death (because I didn’t want to mess it up), but the recipe was easy & turned out great!
Thank you so much for bringing up happy memories this morning! I pray your trip will be safe, productive, and full of new memories for you!
What wonderful memories Maribeth! I am so glad to hear that you made the pie regardless of being scared, your Momma would be proud!
I love all your posts, but this one really touched me. I had a childhood much like yours. Every once in a while I wish I could turn back time just so I could have hugs and kisses from my grandparents that have gone on. I am blessed to have my maternal grandmother still with me. Have a wonderful day.
Penny
Make sure you hug her as often as possible!!
I too loved watching Hee Haw when I was little! Minnie Pearl was my favorite! And, just like my grandma, I love an ice cold glass of buttermilk! (my mom thinks I’m weird, lol!) I also miss watching the Grand Ole Opry, GAC used to show it every week, but they don’t anymore… (I’m a lover of classic country, that’s for sure! Which makes it sad, because there are no stations in Northern Virginia that play classic country.) I can’t wait to try making this pie Christy! Thanks for posting the recipe and bringing back good memories. : )
Have you ever tried making the buttermilk pie using Bisquick? I think all of the ingredients are the same but use 1/3 Cup of Bisquick and no Lemon or Cinnamon or pie crust….it makes it’s own crust. Pour into a greased pie pan.
And it is delicious! Martha
This is my family’s absolute favorite! My stepson asks me at least once a week when I am going to make it for him. Absolutely delicious!!!
Christy,
I remember watching Hee Haw. But…what I remember most was going to my Granny and Papa’s and watching the Brady Bunch and Partridge Family on Friday nights. My Papa had already passed away by then, but my Granny would cook me hamburgers and home made fries and we would watch TV together. Later the Donny and Marie (Osmond) show. My brother joined us on Friday nights and then it was just my brother spending the night there as I guess I “grew out of” it. (Remind me to tell you about meeting Donny Osmond sometime.) Anyway, that pie looks wonderful! Maybe you could come to my house and we’ll have a slice sometime. Of course we still gotta meet for lunch! After my son gets married next Friday night, I’m gonna be ready to go out on that lunch date. What about the following Thursday? Love you!
Love me some Hee Haw and pie!