Printsugar cream pie
hubby took me out for mothers day dinner and one of the deserts was "sugar cream pie". I've never heard of it but, it was really good. very small piece was all you needed. has anyone else heard of this and do you have the recipe?
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11 Comments:
Where were you when you had it? What restaurant? City?
I googled "sugar cream pie recipe" and came up with a whole page of links. Some referenced a Hoosier concoction, some an Amish version.
Can you describe the taste? Mouthfeel? Could you identify any ingredients? (I know two of them are sugar and cream...LOL.)
chiff0nade at 3:36PM on 05/12/08
Mae Dawson's Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27764,00.html
This is a Paula Deen recipe. I haven't tried it because her desserts are always way too sweet for my taste. But, this could be what you're looking for!
Good luck!
Brownie at 4:06PM on 05/12/08
brownie i believe that just might be the recipe, i'm gonna give it a try and see.
chiffonade i thought that it was a custard pie when i looked at it. i thought it looked interesting and something i had never tried. since i have diabetes i just wanted a taste just to see for myself what it was. i was really surprise how rich. i asked the waiter and he told me the name of it.
i live in west virginia next to the kentucky borderline and we had went into ky. to dine out.
i guess you all are like me, when i see something different i have to give it a try. as kids we were raised to eat a variety of different foods and nowadays alot of kids that are my childrens friends are such picky eaters i just can't stand it.
life is too short to miss out on something you may really like and let it pass you by because your afraid to take just one bite.
thank you guys so much for your help, i love this site and i check it everyday when i check my e-mail. it's sorta like a friendship in cooking.
jobug_tincher at 4:24PM on 05/12/08
This is a good pie, I always want a bite after a dinner of fried chicken, as it makes me think of being south. Yum.
Very sweet, and I like it with fruit on top. My best friend, who loves all things sugar and creamy, skips the crust and pours it in to dishes like pudding. (She also makes it with heavy cream.)
Sugar Cream Pie
* 1 pie shell, baked
* 1 cup sugar
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 2 1/2 cups half and half
* 5 tablespoons cornstarch
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 6 tablespoons butter
* freshly grated nutmeg (the jarred version is fine too)
Mix sugar, cornstarch, half-and-half, and salt in saucepan. Cook to boiling point. Add vanilla and the butter; return to heat. Cook, stirring constantly until thickened. If there are any lumps, put through a find sieve. Pour the mixture into pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg.
sadiepix at 4:29PM on 05/12/08
Many years ago, when I was a kid in Ohio, we used to go to the Bob Evans restaurant that was near my orthodontist's office (ouch!). It was always a treat to have dinner there, before my teeth starting aching again. The restaurant menu was more homestyle in those days, I think, with an emphasis on sausage rather than burgers. No matter what else I ate, I always ordered the sugar cream pie for dessert. It (almost) made up for the torture of the tightening bands. . .
MadameTart at 4:39PM on 05/12/08
@Madame Tart...Way off topic here but Bob Evans' Pot Roast Hash is one of my favorite breakfast dishes ever.
chiff0nade at 5:30PM on 05/12/08
Was it like a chess pie?
Ask Cookey at 8:41PM on 05/12/08
no, its like a custard made out of heavy cream, texture is very thick and creamy tasting, very good.
Cookey, give one of these recipes a try, it looks to me like they know just what i'm talking about.
jobug_tincher at 9:15PM on 05/12/08
This sounds a lot like the southern Buttermilk Pie. Has anyone made both? comparisons on taste?
butterface at 1:29AM on 05/13/08
@butterface- Have made and love both, but they are very different in flavor.
The sugar cream pie is much sweeter and has a plainer firm custard-type taste and feel. The buttermilk pie is actually quite tangy, more yellow and is actually baked rather than cooked and poured into the pre-made shell. It has eggs, whereas the sugar-cream does not, and usually uses flour rather than cornstarch as a thickener which gives it a slightly looser consistency.
Now in my book, neither beats chess pie, but the buttermilk has a really neat flavor. I like it just right out of the pan warm and soft, whereas I prefer the sugar-cream very cold and with a fruit topping of some kind to cut the sweetness.
All yummy though. :)
sadiepix at 3:03AM on 05/13/08
I had never heard of it until I moved here (Indianapolis) and my neighbor's dog jumped on the counter and polished off that night's dessert (the sugar cream pie) and then started in on the lasagna, before getting busted. That dog knew the order of things: life is short, eat dessert first.
We all had a good laugh, grilled some burgers and dogs (hot dogs, not the Greaty Pyrenes who ate dessert--LOL), and picked up a quart of Ritter's frozen custard while everyone told me how much they love sugar cream pies...have yet to try one.
wookie at 11:38AM on 05/13/08