Easy Sugar Cream Pie Recipe
A few years ago I made Crack Pie. I didn’t name it, it’s the famous Momofuku Milkbar pie recipe and it’s one of the most popular recipes on my site. It’s an absolutely amazing pie but it’s very cumbersome and time-consuming to make, and it’s not my style to spend forever and a day on one dessert. Enter: this sugar cream pie. AKA Hoosier sugar cream pie or Indiana sugar cream pie — Midwest baking at its finest! It’s incredibly easy and you don’t need a mixer. I used a store-bought pie crust because pie crust-making is not my forte, but if it’s yours, make your favorite scratch crust. I have a fabulous All-Butter Pie Crust that will work beautifully. After baking the crust for 10 minutes, whisk together the filling on the stove, pour it into the crust, bake for 10 more minutes, and chill the pie. Plan ahead because the pie needs to chill overnight or at least many hours. Thanks to cornstarch in the filling, you won’t run the risk of the pie not setting up. You’ll have extra filling, which is great eaten as pudding. Or if you’re a pie pro, you could make another smaller pie or tart (probably about 6 inches). My daughter happily ate the extra filling as pudding and took the extra off my hands.
Sugar Cream Pie Ingredients
For the easy sugar pie filling and crust, you’ll need:
9-inch deep dish pie crust Whole milk Granulated sugar Cornstarch Vanilla extract Salt Unsalted butter Cinnamon
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Sugar Cream Pie
This recipe for sugar cream pie is very simple and is very similar to the classic, old-fashioned version. No-frills, no special ingredients, and the filling comes together so quickly!
Tips for Making Sugar Cream Pie
It’s important that you prick the pie crust multiple times before baking it. If you skip this step, you might wind up with air bubbles in your crust, which you definitely don’t want. Also note that whole milk is a must in this recipe. This is not the time to be healthy and use skim milk — your sugar cream pie won’t set up properly if you use skim milk. Finally, you MUST let the sugar pie cool completely in the fridge. It needs time to set up fully. Trust me, it’s worth the wait!
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