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This Brown Sugar Pie is a sweet and simple pie that is sure to be your new favorite. Made a with few basic staple ingredients and the perfect treat with each and every bite.
I have something to share with you.
Not every dish will not look perfect. In fact, some things will look a hot mess and be completely delicious. One of those things is the recipe that I am sharing with you today for brown sugar pie. This pie looks like it has had a rough day and lost. I actually questioned if it was worth sharing or not.
I decided to share it anyway because I want you to know this community is a safe space and my hope is that you will get in the kitchen and experiment. Everything will not be perfect and that is okay. The practice is what makes you better. No one is a five-star worthy cook their first or tenth time in the kitchen. Even though I have mastered how to make the perfect macaron, I still can burn a batch of brown and serve rolls. Go figure.
But back to this pie, it looks this way because it rises and becomes puffy while it is baking and this deflates once it begins to cool. Similar to souffle and the famous Milk Bar Crack Pie®.
It is perfectly normal and I feel it has a rustic appeal to it. At any rate, this pie is delicious and one that you want to add to your recipe box to give a try. Trust me, you will love it!
What ingredients for this simple pie recipe?
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
- Milk
- All-purpose flour
- Almond extract, or any you prefer
- Pie crust
How to make this brown sugar pie recipe:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Unwrap the packaging of the pie crust and place in a pie dish if you needed. In a large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer or wire whisk, blend together the butter and brown sugar. Add in the eggs, milk, almond extract, all-purpose flour, and salt. Continue mixing until all of the ingredients are combined. The mixture will be thin and runny.
Carefully pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust.
Place into the preheated oven and bake from 50 to 55 minutes until the center of the pie has set and the top has lightly browned. The pie will rise and become puffy while baking, but once removed from the oven it will deflate and settle. This will cause the pie to crack which is normal. Allow the pie to cool before cutting to serve.
Tips to make the best brown sugar pie:
- Make sure the pie crust is 9-inches. This recipe makes 1 pie.
- The mixture will fill the pie crust almost to the top, place a sheet pan under the pie as it bakes to prevent spilling in the oven.
- Use any flavoring extract that you prefer. Try vanilla, lemon, or butter extracts.
- If you prefer not to use melted butter, use room temperature butter and cream together the brown sugar and butter until smooth before adding the other ingredients.
- If you add warm melted butter to cold ingredients the butter will solidify, continue mixing until the batter smoothes out.
How do you store sugar pie?
Once the baked sugar pie has completely cooled, cover the pie and store in the refrigerator. Store the pie in the refrigerator and enjoy up to 4 days.
Brown Sugar Pie
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar, packed
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon almond extract (or any you prefer)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 store bought pie crust, unbaked and thawed if frozen (9-inch)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Unwrap the packaging of the pie crust and place in a pie dish if you needed.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer or wire whisk, blend together the butter and brown sugar.
- Add in the eggs, milk, almond extract, all-purpose flour, and salt. Continue mixing until all of the ingredients are combined. The mixture will be thin and runny.
- Carefully pour the mixture into the prepared pie crust.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake from 50 to 55 minutes until the center of the pie has set and the top has lightly browned.
- The pie will rise and become puffy while baking, but once removed from the oven it will deflate and settle. This will cause the pie to crack which is normal.
- Allow the pie to cool before cutting to serve.
Notes
- Make sure the pie crust is 9-inches.
- The mixture will fill the pie crust almost to the top, place a sheet pan under the pie as it bakes to prevent spilling in the oven.
- Use any flavoring extract that you prefer. Try vanilla, lemon, or butter extracts.
- If you prefer not to use melted butter, use room temperature butter and cream together the brown sugar and butter until smooth before adding the other ingredients.
- If you add warm melted butter to cold ingredients the butter will solidify, continue mixing until the batter smoothes out.
Nutrition
Need more brown sugar recipes? Try these:
- Brown Sugar Dijon Glazed Salmon
- Roasted Chicken Thighs with Potatoes and Carrots
- Brown Sugar Baked Peaches
- Bread Pudding with Brown Sugar Sauce
Got any comments, questions, or other ideas for this Brown Sugar Pie? Share them in the comments below.
One of those pies you want to make over and over again – definitely the recipe I will hold on to. Great tips to make the pie, too!
Thank you Elaine! It is a good recipe to hang on to.
Super Yum! This Brown Sugar Pie is really mouthwatering that I couldn’t stop myself from craving! I am definitely going to make this.
Thank you Chef Dennis! I do hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
What a scrumptious looking pie! Never had brown sugar pie before, but something tells me I’m really going to like it! Just looking at the photos makes my mouth water!
Thank you so much Anna!
I’ve never of such a pie but my goodness it looks like heaven! I definitely need to make this soon…that center is so gorgeous!
Thank you so much Tammy!!
This pie looks absolutely delicious! Never had it before but want to try to make it sometime soon!
Thank you Veronika, you are sure to love it!
I never had brown sugar pie, and it looks absolutely delicious that I now WANT brown sugar pie! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thank you! Give it a try!
Thanks for sharing all the tips. Love this pie recipe. One of my favorite
Thank you so much!
Okay this pie would require me to have some SERIOUS self-control to stop after just one piece! That looks incredible!!!
It is very hard to have just one piece!!
Oh my this looks amazing, this is a must try!
Thank you! Yes, please try it!
Never had brown sugar pie, but looking at this it’s an idea I can definitely get behind for sure!!! I need to catch up to this yumminess ASAP!! Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you so much Aline! This is a winning recipe for sure.
This is one type of pie I haven’t tried yet! This seriously looks fantastic and easy to make. Going to save it and try it out at our next family gathering!
Thank you! Hope you love it!
This was my favorite pie my mother use to make in my youth. She gave me the recipe 20 years ago, and I bake a sugar pie at least once a month. But never thought of using an extract in the recipe. Next one I’m going to try orange.
Glad to hear it Michael! Orange extract sounds delicious.
As soon as I come home and when I take my family home, I am surly looking forward to trying this recipe!
Hi Michelle! Hope you enjoy!
Hi,
Can you substitute cream for the milk? Thanks!
Hi Reina! I have not tried it, but it should work.