Dessert Sugar Cream Pie

[donna]

This is another dessert from family who had Oatmeal Pie recipe. This was also Civil War Era when supplies like eggs were hard to get. This is like a custard pie. It might be descended from the English treacle tart. The Shakers made it, then it became Hoosier cream pie in Indiana.

Sugar Cream Pie

1 unbaked 9 inch pie crust
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup half and half
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 to 3 tablespoons very cold butter (cut into pencil-eraser-sized dots)
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine cream, half and half, sugar. Sift or shake flour and incorporate slowly to avoid clumping. Mix well. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Dot with butter, sprinkle with fresh nutmeg.

Put unbaked pie on cookie sheet for easier handling in and out of oven.

Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees, then remove the pie and cover the edges with foil if need be to prevent over-browning.

Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees, return pie to oven and bake 45 minutes more until pie is set and only slightly jiggly.

 

[Tumbleweed]

For a sweets lover like me the very name of this pie is heavenly. Almost like a baked ice cream! I'll bet this would be extra good with some lemon zest baked in the filling and then topped with blueberry sauce.

 

[donna]

Since Indiana Pie mentioned in another thread, thought bump this thread.

 

[Shalom Hobbitess]

I'm going to have to try this recipe. The one I've made uses cornstarch and all half and half, then once it's done, you brown some butter and cinnamon on top of it.

 

[mofederal]

This sounds interesting I will let the chef in on this one. She would like it. Thanks for posting this one @donna.