Our Family Food Favorites: Kentucky Derby Pie

Jul 3, 2015

Kentucky Derby Pie

Another fantastic recipe from Mandy! Traditionally, Derby Pie has bourbon in it, but Mandy chooses to omit it.

Kentucky Derby Pie

1/4 c. butter, softened
1 c. sugar
3 eggs, beaten
3/4 c. light corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 c. chopped pecans

9" unbaked pie crust

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, corn syrup, salt, flour and vanilla. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans. Pour into into pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Often this it not long enough, so keep an eye on it. Take it out when the center is barely jiggley.

Recipe shared by Mandy.

"Saying Grace" by Norman Rockwell

This painting was created for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post’s 1951 Thanksgiving issue. It portrays a woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while the people around them glance in their direction. Rockwell was inspired to create this artwork by a reader of the magazine who saw a Mennonite family praying in a restaurant.

In 1955, the readers of The Saturday Evening Post voted Saying Grace as their favorite ever cover. The painting was sold for $46 million in an auction at Sotheby’s in December 2013. At that time, it set the record for the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction. The $46 million paid for Saying Grace remains the highest known price paid for a Norman Rockwell artwork.