Grandmama Stroud's Buttermilk Pie

Buttermilk Pie

2 cups sugar
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
4 eggs
¼ cup self-rising flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 unbaked 9 or 10 inch pie crust

Cream sugar and butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs and flour; beat at least 2 minutes. Fold in buttermilk, lemon juice, and nutmeg. Poor into pie crust. Bake at 350 F. for 50 minutes for until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cook. Serve plain or topped with whipped cream.

From the Committee of the Perennials, A Southern Celebration of Foods and Flavors.