Summer Squash Pie
If you have squash (or zucchini) in such abundance the neighbors hide when they see you coming toting a suspicious-looking bag, here’s a dessert option.
2 cups grated raw squash or zucchini
1½ cups sugar
3 eggs
½ stick butter, melted
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon lemon flavoring
1 teaspoon coconut flavoring
Mix well and pour into two unbaked pie shells. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees or till done.
JC
—Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food written by Jim Casada and Tipper Pressely.
This recipe is perfect for a quick weekday dessert when you have summer bounty coming in from the garden and it is delicious! If you don’t have the flavoring on hand or don’t like it, you can leave it out and it’ll still be good. You can divide all the ingredient amounts in half and make one pie which is what I most often do.
Our squash and zucchini have done really good this year and I’m so glad.
You can find our cookbook here.
Last night’s video: First Big Picking of Beans.
Tipper
p.s. I know many of our readers are from Texas. We are praying for all those suffering from the terrible flooding.
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I have been looking for a very old recipe that I remember my dad frequently eating as a snack in the evening , walnuts that were broken up and tasted of vinegar and salt .I don’t remember the walnuts being in a shell or him cracking them .I believe they were canned someway and stored .This was about 70 years ago . If anyone could help me find this recipe ,sure would be appreciated .We have lived in WV.all my life.
The pie looks fabulous! With all that abundance of squash & zucchini, you could freeze it or can it for pies all year round.
Thank you, Tipper for your prayers for Texas. I was not affected by the tragedy as Kerrville (Hill Country) is about 250 miles northwest of where I live. This is such a sad & devastating event that has happened & I know that all who were a direct result of the flooding will have a tremendous amount of emotional trauma to deal with for probably the rest of their lives. Seems as though there is no really “safe” place to live anymore with all the weather changes. May our loving God give those dear people comfort, peace & courage to withstand this horrible thing that has entered their lives. Even in my area, there were some campers that were killed from Houston.
God bless Granny & all your entire family.
Thank you, Tipper, for praying for us who live in the Hill Country of Texas.
Here is a Kerrville update as of today, 7/8/25:
Rescue/recovery efforts continue in the hot and humid Hill Country. May God strengthen, protect, provide for, and encourage us all.
Thank you, Everyone, for caring and for praying.
Yesterday mi mamá called. She, an 87-year-old American of Mexican culture, is my “mother” because four years ago she “adopted” me, her 72-year-old non-Mexican neighbor. I am so grateful for the huge family I now have that stretches from coast to coast and from border to border.
Anyway, mi mamá called with an update on Gracie’s (mi prima’s/my cousin’s) riverside property that is just a few miles out of town. Gracie’s house and the four guest casitas were not damaged by the violent flash flood because they are located near the top of the sloping, treed acreage. The land itself, however, is a mess.
Gracie, her son, daughter-in-law, a couple of friends and mi mamá worked all day Saturday and Sunday to make her property safe enough to assess the damage. They rested yesterday. Soon the huge trees that the Guadalupe River had uprooted and tossed around like twigs, will be cut up and removed. Piles of debris – tangles of vegetation, clothing and household items washed down from upstream – are waiting for disposal. Silt, shoveled from the stairs leading down to the river, was more than two feet deep in places. The stairs and the dock will need to be rebuilt. Today they will resume working.
Gracie called a few minutes ago. She was crying. That rough, tough, Type A, former middle school principal, was crying.
Please do continue to pray for all those, near and far, who are grieving the loss of family, friends, possessions and/or livelihood. And also pray for the emergency responders who have come from all over the nation to help. May God protect them from physical and emotional harm.
The cookies I made for mi mamá are cool now, so I will take them to her. I wish I could do more for my community than pray and make cookies. But since illness has made me unable to do anything more, I will continue to pray and make cookies.
May God have mercy on us all.
And thank you again, Tipper, for caring and for praying. God has helped and will continue to help us.
May God bless you with courage, joy, and a resilient heart.
I love sweet zucchini bread, so why not pie? —It sounds yummy! I loved seeing your baskets of beans from your garden last evening. We finally got our first cucumber and there are lots more coming on. If there’s anyone from Texas on here, please know that I am saying prayers for you and your whole state. It is so heartbreaking to see it on the news. Tipper, I am watching your live as I type, but I missed the start. I will have to go back and rewind it from the
beginning. Say hello to Granny for me.
We had some severe flooding and tornados down east in Moore County yesterday off of Chantal. So far I haven’t heard of any fatalities but there were some swift water rescues.
I could have used some of that rain. Just enough. We’ve had some pretty good winds for several days that makes dry even drier. I suspect that was from the storm even though I am far removed.
That looks delicious. I made your savory zucchini pie last week. It was great. It was a good alternative to meat.
when I was a kid, daddy use to make a potato soup that I don’t remember it being creamy. It just had potatoes cut up, onions I think and maybe some butter and maybe chicken broth, probably homemade. I guess his daddy use to make it, don’t know if he was big enough to see his mama make much. she passed when he was little. If anyone has a similar recipe I’d appreciate you sharing it.
Jo Bearor
That looks really delicious!.
Thank you for the prayers, Tipper and everyone.
We are about a hundred miles from the flooding, high and dry and safe; but the loss of life is terrible. The fact that young children lost their lives increases the pain.
There will be a lot of finger pointing and post-event I-told-you-so. My hope is that 2 things will come from it: 1) a prohibition of building on the banks of the rivers or maybe even within a hundred yards of them; and 2) a much improved warning system with a requirement that emergency procedures be put in place and tested for all facilities providing overnight accommodation along the rivers.
Good morning everyone. I have made zucchini pies (quiche) before. But never with sugar, I will have to try this. As for the weather. Here in NE Arkansas we haven’t had much rain. But it is HOT. I even had to carry buckets of water to the tomatoes. My son has all kinds of hook ups for the hose, I can’t figure it all out. I didn’t know about the flooding in Texas til I went over to Talli Faye’s You tube channel. I was shocked. It just seems like there is always a weather disaster. I hope Granny is doing well. Maybe if she feels like it, she could be in a video with you. She is so adorable. Waiting on my yellow mugs. Thanks Tipper. Blind Pig and a cup of coffee is how I wake up in the morning. Yours and the girls videos is how I unwind in the evening. Your whole family is a pleasure to watch. Anna from Arkansas.
That pie looks delicious. I’ve got zucchini sitting on my counter ready to be used. Trying it today!
Love you all.
I’m praying for all affected by the Texas flooding.
looking at that picture I can almost ‘taste’ a squash quiche—trying to imagine the sweet pie taste of squash but can not so guess I will just have to make it and really taste it instead of just imagining it lol
Good morning Tipper. An interesting pie for sure. I am also eating a lot of zucchini right now as the bounty of veggies and some fruit is plentiful at the organic farm I ‘shop’ at. It is also interesting how many savory type foods can also be made into a sweet dessert and how many dessert type fruits can be used as a savory side dish or made in pickles or condiments. May it be a great day for you all, and for sure that Granny will enjoy a good one!
We don’t have the opportunity of an overabundance of squash. I haven’t had that in so long I’ve forgotten when. Anyway, abundance is something to be thankful for. That’s one good argument for garden variety also. In any given year, some things do well and others not so much.
Now there’s a dessert I screen shot and will definitely be making!!! I’m so thrilled I have zucchini and cucumbers (and they’re growing better than they have before!) My tomatoes are tiny but coming on and green beans the same. I have been busy showing this house to potential buyers. If anyone is looking in Bluefield, WV area for a very well kept, 1700 square foot, one story ranch-get up with me! I’m excited to be moving to the country and AWAY from people…I’m planning on getting some chickens!!! You guys in the country are living the dream!!!The pie looks delicious-like all your kitchen creations, Tipper! If your friends don’t want zucchini for FREE, somebody will be glad to have fresh produce!
This pie sounds like a quick and tasty treat. And yes, praying for Texas and all those effected by the terrible flooding.