Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pie is an easy pie recipe that is rich, thick and has a sweet custard-like center. If you're expecting company soon, this buttermilk pie recipe is the best dessert to greet them with!
This pies is one of the easiest you’ll ever make. You simply add a quick custard filling to a prepared pie crust and bake for just under an hour! Doesn’t get more simple or easier than that.
Buttermilk Pie Recipe
I love this pie because ANYONE can make it. There’s something magical about pulling a pie made from scratch out of the oven. It seems to take you back to a time when life was simpler and homemade pie was standard fare in American kitchens. With buttermilk pie, you only have to make a single crust and then you just mix all the filling ingredients together in a bowl and dump them in. You really won’t believe how simple this recipe is. The filling bakes into a nice soft custard and is delicious.
Butter, flour, and sugar are the building blocks of all things good, and making a homemade pie is a pretty great way to use them. Plan to take an afternoon to bake and you just might love how grounding the whole process is for you. And you’ll have a beautiful pie to enjoy after dinner or to share with friends, and that’s a pretty great reward, too.
Ingredients
- Single pie crust: I always make a double pie crust (per the recipe) and make another pie that needs a single crust such as pumpkin pie or this Toll House Cookie pie. Might as well right?
- Sugar: this is granulated sugar and just adds the sweetness to the baked custard filling
- Flour: just a bit to help thicken the filling
- Eggs: these also help thicken the custard and add a great creamy texture
- Butter: this is added to the filling so help make it rich and creamy
- Buttermilk: the star of the show, this adds flavor, brightness, and great texture. If you have a little leftover buttermilk I highly recommend making this buttermilk biscuit recipe.
- Vanilla: this adds some flavor to the custard
Recipe Instructions
- Roll out your favorite pie crust (store bought or homemade)
- Place the pie crust in a deep pie plate.
- Crimp the edges of the crust.
- Mix up your simple buttermilk pie filling.
- Pour filling into crust.
- Bake until golden-brown. Serve warm, cold, or at room temperature.
Frequently Asked Questions
Buttermilk pie has a custard filling that's smooth and sweet. The filling takes less than 5 minutes to mix up and is made of sugar, flour, eggs, butter, buttermilk, vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Use a deep pie plate for this recipe so that your filling doesn't bubble over while cooking.
There are lots of variation of this pie that include things like vanilla, lemon, or nutmeg. My version is the traditional vanilla custard. You can add a dash of nutmeg to the top if you like. Directions on how to make this a lemon buttermilk pie are in the notes of the recipe.
This pie is best served at room temperature but can be served warm or cold depending on your preferences. I prefer it cold out of the refrigerator! To store, let it cool for 2 hours after baking, cover it tightly with plastic wrap, and keep it in the fridge until ready to serve.
No, if it's runny it probably hasn't cooked long enough. It will continue setting and thickening as it cools, which is why you want to give it a solid 2 hours to cool and properly set before cutting into it.
Buttermilk pie originated in England and has become a Southern staple in the United States. It's similar to a Chess Pie but is made without cornmeal or vinegar.
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Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pie Recipe
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Yield: Serves 8-10 1x
Description
Old fashioned buttermilk pie is an easy pie recipe that produces a rich, thick, sweet custard-like center when baked. If you're expecting company soon, this buttermilk pie recipe is the best dessert to greet them with!
Ingredients
- Single pie crust
- 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Prepare your pie crust, and place it in the bottom of a deep 9-inch pie plate.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, add sugar and flour, and whisk to combine.
- Add the eggs, and whisk to combine.
- Add the butter, buttermilk, vanilla, and pinch of salt, and whisk to combine.
- Pour the buttermilk mixture into the unbaked prepared pie crust, and bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
- The center will be set when the pie is done.
- Remove from the oven, and let cool for at least 2 hours before serving.
- Or let cool, cover, and keep in the fridge until serving (I prefer this pie cold).
Notes
- You make add a lemon flavor to this by pie adding 1 tablespoon of lemon zest and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the pie filling before baking.
- I like this pie best cold. Let the pie cool for 2 hours, then cover tightly with plastic wrap, and keep in the fridge until ready to serve.
- This can be made 1 to 2 days ahead of time.
- New to working with buttermilk? Here's a whole post with more information about it!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: buttermilk pie recipe, easy buttermilk pie recipe, easy homemade pie recipe, buttermilk pie in the sky, old fashioned buttermilk pie recipe
This is such a delicious and simple Buttermilk Pie Recipe to bake for your family and guests, no matter the occasion. Happy pie making from my kitchen to yours!
Lori
Delicious
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Ashley
My husband and my dad both grew up in small town southeast Texas where Buttermilk Pie reigns supreme! I found your recipe and tried one my go of making my husband a birthday pie and IT WAS a HIT! This Thanksgiving I was asked by my mother in law and my dad to bring Buttermilk Pie! I feel like I’ve made it as a daughter in law 🤣🤣 This recipe is SO easy and small town, southeast Texas approved!!!
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Melissa
I LOVE hearing this, it's so fun to hear how the recipes are used in real life, thank you so much for taking the time to share this with me!
Laura
I LOVE this recipe and I'm team LEMON all the way!!! I've made it both ways with and without and it's good both. I actually like the lemon version warm and the without lemon version cold!! So good!
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Marseille Stephenson
You know what's funny is my young women (14&15 yr olds) told me they looove butter milk pie. I had never made it ( or heard of it) until it was requested!
Agness of Run Agness Run
This buttermilk pie might be old-fashioned but I've never tried making it, so it's trendy for me! 🙂 Can I use lime juice instead of lemon juice, Melissa?
Melissa
YES! That sounds so good.
Karen
Do you need to put lemon in it?
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Melissa
Nope, I wrote about that in the post. You certainly can leave it out!