Name: USS Missouri Buttermilk Pie
Prep time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; ½ cup butter, softened; 3 eggs; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*; 1 Pastry for Single-Crust Pie (see recipe below); ½ cup chopped pecans, toasted**

Directions

Step 1
In a large bowl, gradually beat sugar into softened butter with an electric mixer, beating until mixture is well blended.

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Step 2
Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 3
Combine flour and salt. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture.

Step 4
Beat in buttermilk until mixture is well blended. Pour into the Pastry for Single-Crust Pie.

Step 5
Sprinkle pecans over the filling in piecrust.

Step 6
Bake in a 300 degree F oven for 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes or until the buttermilk filling is set. Cool. Store pie in the refrigerator. Makes 8 servings.

**

To toast the chopped pecans, spread them evenly in a shallow baking pan. Bake the pecans in a 350 degree F oven for 5 to 10 minutes or until they're browned, stirring the pecans once or twice during the baking time.

*

To make 1 cup sour milk, place 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar in a glass measuring cup. Add enough milk to make 1 cup liquid; stir. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes before using it in a recipe.

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