Description
This is a very old Southern recipe. It’s a very sweet, rich pie which cannot be described as anything but marvelous. This is not my personal recipe but was passed to me by my grandmother and from her grandmother and so on and so forth.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- ¼ cup evaporated milk
- 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
- 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- Mix butter
- sugar
- and vanilla together in a large bowl. Mix in eggs
- then stir in evaporated milk
- cornmeal
- and vinegar until smooth. Pour into pie shell.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes
- then reduce heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and continue to bake for 40 minutes. Let cool before cutting.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 8