I have searched far and wide for a recipe for sugar pie that was like my nana’s. I was heartbroken when we lost her and no one had it. It was the one she made at every holiday and that got eaten in no time flat – and for good reason!
It was so incredibly delicious and it just reminds me of home, plain and simple! I love making and serving vintage desserts. It makes me think back to how women cooked at a time before I was born. I wish I could have been alive back then 🙂
I have tried and tried recipes to no avail. Something was always missing and I feel like it was the instructions for this one that did it. Before, I never reduced the heat at the end of the bake time and I feel like that was the trick!
Either way, you owe it to yourself, friends and family to try this pie out and see why it’s a staple in so many households. Not matter how full I am at the end of a meal if I know there’s sugar pie I am having a slice!
Recipe and photo courtesy of Group Recipes.
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Quick Tip: I like serving this pie with fresh fruit and coffee.
You mention that you reduce the heat during the last few minutes of baking and that seemed to be the key in duplicating your Nana’s sugar pie, but you fail to elaborate for your readers how much your reduced the heat or for how long?? Looking at the original recipe as given on Group Recipes, there is no mention of any change in temperature during the baking phase.