The popularity of buttermilk pie has risen since the pastry was rumored to be one of the goodies served at Carrie Underwood’s July 10th wedding to Mike Fisher. Chris Bragg, the owner of Greensboro, Georgia’s Yesterday Cafe will neither confirm not deny that he baked pies for the event, but according to Canada’s National Post, he has been filling requests for the confections from “all over North America.” –Tammy Ragusa

LANITA FRANKLIN’S BUTTERMILK PIE

(chef at Yesterday Cafe)
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Unbaked nine-inch (23-centimetre) pie shell
1. Combine sugar and flour and whisk until flour is completely mixed into the sugar. Add vanilla and whisk until evenly mixed in with sugar and flour.
2. Beat the eggs well, then add them. Whisk well. Whisk in the melted butter and then add buttermilk and whip well before pouring into the unbaked pie shell.
3. Bake in a commercial convection oven for 45 minutes at about 350 F (170 C). (The temperature could be as low as 325 F (160 C) or as high as 400 F (200 C), depending on your oven.) Shake the pie a little to make sure it is not undercooked. It should barely shake in the middle. Crust should be golden brown and slightly flaky.
4. When you cut the pie, make sure you do not have a separation with a cakey layer near the top. The pie should have a custard consistency throughout. Buttermilk pies should be refrigerated after cooling, but remain fresh-tasting for at least a week.

With brand new husband Mike Fisher by her side and a gorgeous wedding band gracing her left hand, it’s no wonder Carrie Underwood was all smiles as she was snapped passing through Los Angeles International Airport Sunday. En route to her honeymoon following the pair’s July 10 wedding at the Ritz Carlton Reynolds Plantation in Georgia, the country star–dressed casually in jean shorts, a striped tank top and cardigan–seemed to be playing with the stunning new sparkler that she said her ‘I do’s’ with just one day earlier. And while the sizeable Johnathon Arndt flawless yellow diamond engagement ring that Fisher proposed to Carrie with last year seemed to be taking the day off from Carrie’s hand, the beautiful wedding band and the newlyweds’ matching grins seemed to be giving off a glimmer all their own.”

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