Oatmeal Pie

[donna]

This is a Civil War pie. When people couldn't get pecans, they used oatmeal instead. This recipe is from a lady in Northern Kentucky. This is her family's recipe, with updates, from the Civil War era. She is using corn syrup, but they would have used molasses or sorghum.

Oatmeal Pie

4 eggs
1 cup of sugar
2 tablespoons of flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup light corn syrup ( or sorghum or molasses, as traditionally used)
1/4 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs until frothy. Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt and pour into large mixing bowl. Add eggs and mix well.

Pour in corn syrup or molasses or sorghum, melted butter and vanilla. Mix oatmeal in by hand using a spoon or spatula.

Pour into unbaked shell and bake for 40 to 45 minutes until center is set.

The family served this at Thanksgiving many years ago and still does.

 

[CWNurse]

We still make oatmeal pie..one of my best memories of my great grandmother. She was half Cherokee, I remember her long dark hair and how she would braid it. Thanks for the moment of warm fuzzy feeling

 

[Northern Light]

Did they have cane syrup back then?

 

[donna]

Yes they had cane syrup back then. There were many cane sugar plantations in Louisiana during 19th century.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Here comes another recipe using oat flakes. It's a recipe from my Grandma who has got it from her Grandma, so it may well reach back to the Civil War era. Its a recipe for sweet treats, coming from a time before chocolate bars and refined confectionary.

Oat Flakes Confectionary

1 Tbsp Palm fat
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup Oat Flakes

Put palm fat in a pan. Roast oat flakes with sugar until golden brown. Add:

1 cup hot milk.

Stir in:

1 Tbsp cocoa
5 Tbsp condensed milk
(1 tsp rum - optional)

let it boil while constantly stirring until all liquid has vanished.

While stirring, add:

2 ounces chopped almonds
( 1 tsp. instant coffee - obviously an addition from my Granny, they would not have had instant coffee in the 19th century. But a delicious addition!)
2 ounces raisins
1 Tbsp sugar

add more condensed milkif needed, it should be a sticky mass.
Let cool down completely.

When cold, take two teaspoons and form little balls.Put them on a marble slab or porcellain plate.
Cover with dark chocolate.
Keep in refrigerator, should be eaten pretty cold.

These are pretty stuffy - you would hardly be able to eat more than 2 pieces at a time. But maybe healthier than Snickers ...

 

[donna]

FarawayFriend Thanks so much for the recipe. Love to have old family ones.

 

[donna]

It is National Oatmeal Day, so thought bump some delicious recipes using oatmeal.

Give this one a try.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Donna. Thanks for providing your family recipe for oatmeal pie, which I never heard of before today. It is something I am looking forward to making and eating, it sounds so delicious. David.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Here comes another recipe using oat flakes. It's a recipe from my Grandma who has got it from her Grandma, so it may well reach back to the Civil War era. Its a recipe for sweet treats, coming from a time before chocolate bars and refined confectionary.

Oat Flakes Confectionary

1 Tbsp Palm fat
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup Oat Flakes

Put palm fat in a pan. Roast oat flakes with sugar until golden brown. Add:

1 cup hot milk.

Stir in:

1 Tbsp cocoa
5 Tbsp condensed milk
(1 tsp rum - optional)

let it boil while constantly stirring until all liquid has vanished.

While stirring, add:

2 ounces chopped almonds
( 1 tsp. instant coffee - obviously an addition from my Granny, they would not have had instant coffee in the 19th century. But a delicious addition!)
2 ounces raisins
1 Tbsp sugar

add more condensed milkif needed, it should be a sticky mass.
Let cool down completely.

When cold, take two teaspoons and form little balls.Put them on a marble slab or porcellain plate.
Cover with dark chocolate.
Keep in refrigerator, should be eaten pretty cold.

These are pretty stuffy - you would hardly be able to eat more than 2 pieces at a time. But maybe healthier than Snickers ...

Thanks for sharing your family's recipe for oatmeal treats. They certainly sound delicious. David.

 

[ami]

This sounds like a contender for an upcoming video!

 

[nitrofd]

I couldn't find an old recipe for oatmeal pie,but i did find a recipe for oatmeal piecrust.
This is from a cookbook of vegetarian recipes from 1915.
It is Dr.Allinson's Cookery Book....author Thomas R.Allinson

www.vintagerecipes.net/books/dr_allinsons_cookery_book/oatmeal_piecrust.php

 

[donna]

Ami a good choice to make. It is a delicious pie.

 

[ami]

finally with the insantiy settling down, this is on deck for the boys to make this weekend!

 

[donna]

Ami sounds like a winner for you all.

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

I love oatmeal cookies, I assume it tastes similar. While I'm sure the original version of this uses a pastry pie shell, I'm thinking a graham cracker crust would be nice with this pie.

 

[donna]

This is Oatmeal month. So another good oatmeal recipe to consider making. Enjoy!

 

[Fairfield]

Oatmeal cookies are a favorite--but pie? Sounds interesting (and worth trying).