Source: Atlas Obscura
When life hands you desperation, make desperation pie. Before sugar cream pie became Indiana’s unofficial state pie, it was a palatable answer to hard times.
The earliest known recipe dates back to 1816, the same year Indiana became a state.
But as with any recipe, families were making “desperation pie” long before it ended up in print. Many attribute its spread in popularity to the presence of Shaker (a small Christian sect from England) and Amish communities in Indiana during the 18th and…The post Sugar Cream Pie appeared first on FeedBox.