Celebrate National Pie Day on January 23 by indulging in the official Hoosier state pie: sugar cream pie.
The recipe for the pie appears to have originated in eastern Indiana, dating back to the early 1800s when the creamy dessert was likely enjoyed at various Quaker settlements. Today, the pie can be enjoyed at many locally owned restaurants throughout Indiana, including this Sugar Cream Pie recipe from Nick’s Kitchen in Huntington.
Depending on who you ask, sugar cream pie recipes can vary, but most call for a combination of sugar, heavy or whipping cream, and butter to be baked in a pie crust, with optional egg yolk, flour and nutmeg or vanilla, which varies from source to source.
A few Indiana eateries that offer traditional versions of the sweet treat are Concannon’s Bakery, Café and Coffee Bar in Muncie, Storie’s Restaurant in Greensburg and Nick’s Kitchen (pictured, courtesy of Marcus Rae Photography).
Thanks for sharing, Deanna! We’ll have to check them out!
Yes sounds all good
The restaurant at the Shipshewana flea market has a really good sugar cream pie.
Ohhhhhhh my Momma made tyne very next!! So delicious! Hers actually just melted in your mouth!
Ohhhhhhh my Momma made tyne very next!! So delicious! Hers actually just melted in your mouth!
There is no official Hoosier state pie. Please stop perpetuating this myth!
Rep. Torr,
Maybe you should inform the Indiana Office of Tourism.
https://visitindiana.com/about-indiana/emblems-symbols
I have informed the office of tourism and many others who perpetuate this myth. It is simply not correct.
http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2020/ic/titles/001/#1-2
I’m sending five dollars to the person running against you in November because you’re being such a weird jerk about sugar cream pie.
No kidding! Haha
Don’t you have something better to do?
I was trying to send this to Rep. Jerry
You’re a typical idiot Indians politician! Just like pence And potato spellerZ By the way that greed without a conscience racist fascist admitted sexual predator treasonous child caging murderous dictator loving trump lost fair and square by 7 million votes and you also lost the Civil War
[…] – Not many states have a trail purely dedicated to pie, but Indiana does. Sugar cream pie is the state’s official state pie, with the recipe originating in eastern Indiana around the 1800s. This extremely sweet pie is loved […]
Rep. Jerry
Leave our state pie alone!
WTH is wrong with you?!
You should be working to make it the official state pie!
My Grandmother Scott invented this pie in 1927. That’s a proven fact
[…] Additionally referred to as ‘Hoosier Pie,’ Sugar Cream Pie will be served heat or chilled. And although it’d seem like a custard pie, sugar cream pie is not made with eggs. The pudding-like filling is baked in a crust, topped with melted butter and cinnamon after which broiled. And guess what? It’s also the official state dessert of Indiana. […]
[…] Also called ‘Hoosier Pie,’ Sugar Cream Pie can be served warm or chilled. And though it might appear like a custard pie, sugar cream pie isn’t made with eggs. The pudding-like filling is baked in a crust, topped with melted butter and cinnamon and then broiled. And guess what? It is also the official state dessert of Indiana. […]