Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie

Creamy, luscious and way better than any instant pudding pie you ever ate, this old fashioned sugar cream pie is absolutely unforgettable and only gets better as it rests, so make it TODAY!

This wonder pie hales from Gerschuh’s Restaurant in Greenville, OH, a neighboring town of my childhood home near the Indiana border. You know the kind of place, where shiny chrome bar stools, huge glistening plate glass windows and red pleather covered chrome edged booths line the walls. That was Gerschuh’s Restaurant the best place in the world for pie. If you read on below the recipe card, I’ll tell you about Gerschuh’s.

WHY THIS RECIPE FOR SUGAR CREAM PIE WORKS

• All natural ingredients
• Eggs thicken the pie as it cooks
• Vanilla and sugar together are the key.
• The cinnamon on top gives it a lovely color when it is done.
• Just mix, pour and go.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SUGAR CREAM PIE

The Basic Sugar Cream Pie Recipe

1. Preheat oven 325 and put pie crust in 9” pie plate for sugar cream pie recipe.
2. In bowl, mix sugar, flour, salt, whipping cream. 
3. In smaller bowl, mix half and half, egg yolks and vanilla.
4. Pour egg mix into sugar mix, stir well, pour into pie shell. 

Bake sugar cream pie recipe  at 350 until bubbling through 10 minutes.

WHERE DID SUGAR CREAM PIE ORIGINATE?

According to my friends over at Wikipedia, sugar cream pie originated in western Europe and is now a favorite in the midwestern states. 

Other names for this pie include:

• Hoosier Pie
• Indiana Cream Pie
• Indiana Farm Pie
• Finger Pie (don’t ask, I don’t know why)

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUGAR CREAM PIE AND BUTTERMILK PIE? 

Sugar Cream Pie is similar but the Buttermilk pie actually uses buttermilk in place of the cream and half and half! So the Btr milk pie is a little more tangy than this creamy sugar cream pie.

WHAT IS THE INDIANA STATE PIE? 

This sugar cream pie! Of course!

WHAT OTHER PIES WERE FAMOUS AT GERSCHUH’S RESTAURANT? 

This OLD FASHIONED BUTTERSCOTCH PIE was also very famous at that restaurant.

DO YOU HAVE TO REFRIGERATE SUGAR CREAM PIE? 

Yes, you really should refrigerate this pie after baking. It tastes best that way anyway. 

HOW LONG WILL SUGAR CREAM PIE KEEP? 

If you cover it and place it in the refrigerator it will be good for about 5 days. No worries, the people in your house will make sure it disappears before 5 days are up.

CAN I MAKE SUGAR CREAM PIE WITH A GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST? 

Yes, of course you can! That would be yummy too. 

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR MAKING A PERFECT SUGAR CREAM PIE

1. Firstly, watch the video that is  in the recipe card of Wendi making a sugar cream pie, that will help! 
2. There is enough filling to make two thin pies or one very thick pie. I always opt for the thick pie.
3. If you choose to make two pies instead of just one, bake for less time. 
4. Bake the pie on a cookie sheet, as it could bubble over a little.
5. Do NOT make this in a frozen pie crust unless you will make two. Those pie crusts are not deep enough for this filling (even the deep dish ones). 
6. Allow the pie to cool completely before cutting it or it will be a watery mess in the bottom of the pie plate. 
7. I always allow mine to cool to touch on the counter and then place in the refrigerator for several hours before cutting. 

THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS.

• The original instructions from George say that when the pie has “bubbled through” for 10 minutes, it is done.
• That made no sense to me on first reading the instructions.
• After making this pie several times, what you need to know is that about an hour in, the pie starts to boil and bubble – all the way across the pie.
• Once it starts doing this, let the bubbling happen for 10 minutes and then the pie is done – regardless if it is jiggly or not.
• It will set up later in the fridge

 

IF YOU ENJOYED OLD FASHIONED SUGAR CREAM PIE YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY….

If you are interested in Pie – delicious Pie – try some of my other pie recipes too…

• Cranberry Orange Pie
• Blueberry Pie
• Blackberry Pie
• Strawberry Pie
• Fudge Pie with Salted Caramel drizzle

LET’S SEE HOW THIS SUGAR CREAM PIE IS DONE…

First line your pie plate with crust…

Mix together the sugar flour and salt

Add the heavy cream

Add the eggs, half and half and vanilla in a separate bowl.

Pour the one mixture into the other

After mixing together then pour into the pie crust.

Dot butter around the top of the pie

Sprinkle cinnamon across the top of the pie

 

TOOLS I USE TO MAKE THIS RECIPE:

• A large bowl
• Medium bowl
• Whisk
• Rubber spatula
• Pie plate

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*** This recipe for Sugar Cream pie was originally posted on Loaves and Dishes in 2015 and has been updated with new information, video, photos and recipe instruction updates****

GERSCHUH’S IN GREENVILLE, OHIO 

This Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie was one of the understated and elegant crown jewels of an establishment called Gerschuh’s in Greenville, Ohio. I do remember that it was always a big decision to choose between the Butterscotch Pie and a few others.

 I have a recipe for thanks to some of my old friends from home.

Gerschuh’s was a diner with the accompanying sound of glassware tinkling and the low level sound of people talking. Everything in the diner shined of 50’s chrome. The table tops were formica. There was usually a wait.

Mostly though, I remember the smiling owner, George, coming out to greet guests and ask them how their dinner was and to invite guests to try his pie. Believe me, you didn’t want to miss the pie, especially the Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie.

Recipe Inspiration for OLD FASHIONED SUGAR CREAM PIE

This recipe for Old Fashioned Sugar Cream Pie is directly from Facebook where a friend directed me towards the source. The source indicates that the recipe was given to him by the owner of the Gerschuhs establishment.

I compared several of the recipes found from various sources all claiming to have George’s original recipe. The recipes mostly matched and thus, here it is.

There are no changes to the ingredients because I simply rewrote the directions in my own words explaining as best I could as I went along. Thank you, George.

Thank you people who graciously shared the recipe. Believe me when I say, you don’t often taste pie like this. Delicious!

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