Just one bite of Kentucky Transparent Pie with its sweet, custard filling and you’ll be hooked for life.
Kentucky Transparent Pie
Transparent pie is a Kentucky tradition. It has a simple sugary liquid filling that is baked down in a shell and closely resembles other pies from the region, including New England’s chess pies, Pennsylvania’s shoofly pies or Indiana’s sugar pies. The main difference seeming to me the addition of brown sugar to the granulated sugar.
Transparent Pie originated in Maysville, Kentucky about 70 miles northeast of Lexington. Magee’s bakery in Maysville is well-known for it’s Transparent Pies and make a small tart version that is said to be a favorite of George Clooney, who grew up in the area.
Many of Kentucky’s pies feature bourbon. I’ll see if I can find a recipe for one of those.
Kentucky Transparent Pie Recipe
Yield: 8 People
Materials
- One 9 or 10-inch Unbaked Pie Shell
- 3 tablespoons Flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Cream
- Salt
- 2 cup Butter melted
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Combine flour and sugars.
- Beat in eggs, cream, salt, butter and varilla.
- Pour into pie shell.
- Bake at 425°F for 30 to 35 minutes, or until firm.
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Kentucky Transparent Pie Recipe Courtesy of Brodrick’s Tavern’s (Sadly, the historic landmark, Brodrick’s Tavern, burned on April 26, 2001.) Recipe adapted from Adventures in New Kentucky Cooking with The Bluegrass Peasant. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
