Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie David Lettermans Mom Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place sugar, egg, half and half, flour, whipping cream, and butter or margarine in blender. Beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into pie shell and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, until set in center.

OLD-FASHIONED SUGAR CREAM PIE (DAVID LETTERMAN'S MOM)

Steps:

• 1. In a small bowl mix sugars, flour & salt. Gradually stir in heavy cream.
• 2. Pour into pie shell and sprinkle with grated nutmeg.
• 3. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees, bake for 20-25 minutes longer.
• 4. NOTE: Center of pie will be slightly runny when done.

GERSCHUH'S RESTAURANT OLD FASHIONED SUGAR CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat home oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the sugar with the flour until completely blended. Add the salt and whipping cream.
• Blend the half-and-half with the yolks and stir into the sugar mixture, then add the vanilla.
• Just blend the mixture; do not beat it.
• Pour into an unbaked pie shell, distribute the cold, chopped butter evenly on top of the pie filling and sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
• Bake the pie until the filling is completely set when the pie is jiggled. Bake "until it bubbles through for 10 minutes." In a convection oven that takes and hour and 15 minutes. In the home oven start checking the pie after an hour.
• Gerschuh's.

OLD FASHIONED SUGAR CREAM PIE RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Sift flour, sugar and salt three times and to be sure they are mixed well. Add boiling water, stirring well to prevent lumps. Then add the small can of milk and vanilla. Pour into a 9 inch unbaked pie crust. Dot top with butter and sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes, reducing heat to 350° for 20 minutes or until done. The secret is getting the flour and sugar mixture sifted and mixed well.

MOM'S OLD FASHIONED CREAM PIE

Steps:

• In a two-quart bowl, mix the first 4 ingredients together.
• Fold the beaten egg whites in until all are well mixed.
• Pour into unbaked pie shell of 9inch pan.
• Sprinkle nutmeg on top and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
• When taken from oven, filling will seem a little shaky, but when cooled, will be creamy.
• Prep time does not include making pie crust.

SUGAR CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes., Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edge is light golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 375°., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; stir in milk until smooth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Transfer to crust; sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack; refrigerate until chilled.

DAD'S SUGAR CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Combine milk, sugar, and butter together in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat; cook and stir until butter melts, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour about 1 cup milk mixture into a bowl and whisk cornstarch into mixture until smooth. Pour milk-cornstarch mixture back into the saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Pour milk mixture into the pie crust and sprinkle with nutmeg. Refrigerate pie until firm, about 3 hours.

FLAKY PIE CRUST (DAVID LETTERMAN'S MOM)

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, cut shortening into flour, sugar, and salt until the mix looks like cornmeal or small peas.
• 2. In another bowl, slightly beat egg yolk and combine with milk and lemon juice. Add to flour mixture and mix by hand until it forms ball.
• 3. Roll on well-floured pastry cloth with well-floured rolling pin. This pastry maintains its flaky qualities even after being rolled out a number of times.