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Sorry everyone. Apparently this recipe could potentially cause a lot of legal issues. So I am removing the recipe. It was not my intentions to break any trademark laws when I posted the recipe so I am removing it. I do not know if my recipe is actually the same as the one in question but I will not take any chances.

Please see Lynda's post further down for an explanation of the history of Derby Pie. Thanks Lynda for the information and thanks Tori for asking the question that led to the information!!!!! Thanks for keeping me honest and out of jail and/or the poorhouse!!!!!!



(If anyone is interested in my Chocolate Pie recipe, send me a PM with your email addy and I'll send it to you!)

mmmmmmmmmm . . . sounds delicious.

wow, that sounds sooooo good. One small slice at a time :)mmmm mmmmmm pie

thanks Deb, you rock!

YUMMMMMMMMYYYY!!!!!! I so want to try this! Thanks, Deb!

Okay, being from Canada... how much is one stick of butter? 1/2 cup? 1/4 cup???
Still say it sounds so yummy and decadent.

Darcy, one stick of butter is 1/2 cup.

Thanks That's kind of what I thought, but it would be a sin to botch up a PIE! LOL! :angel:

sorry 'bout that. 1 stick of butter is 1/2 cup.

Oops! Laurie beat me to the answer first.

what if I don't have "self-rising" flour? What is equivalent? Neophyite cook here.

Lynda you can use plain flour but then you need to add the salt and baking powder to it. Don't remember the amounts and since I'm at work I can't look it up. Will try to remember to look later and post. Unless someone else beats me to it again! jk

Ummm...so why is it called a "derby" pie?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Derby pie is a pastry created in the Melrose Inn of Prospect, Kentucky, USA, by George Kern with the help of his parents. It is often associated with the Kentucky Derby.

The pie is a chocolate and walnut tart in a pie shell usually with a pastry dough crust. It is also commonly made with pecans, chocolate chips and Kentucky Bourbon. Popular additions are butterscotch, caramel, and other types of nuts.

The name "Derby Pie" is a registered trademark of Kern's Kitchen, which registered the name in 1968. The company uses the name in the form "DERBY-PIE®" in official literature and advertisements. Kern's Kitchen diligently guards the trademark and secret recipe, which is known only to a small group of Kern family members and a single Kern's Kitchen employee (who actually mixes the recipe today). The company has filed several lawsuits over the years to protect its commercial rights. Because of this, others who make similar pies have had to alter their recipes slightly and/or use a different name (such as "Pegasus Pie", a reference to the Pegasus Parade at the Kentucky Derby Festival and May Day Pie, in reference to the First Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby).

Uh Oh, if we make this, are we going to get in trouble with the Kerns or do we just give "credit" as we do in our layouts? (My pie certainly won't be for commercial use.)

Uh oh!! I did not know that!! I got the recipe from a friend of mine who brought the 'chocolate pie' to a social. Since I LOVE chocolate I asked for the recipe and she gladly gave it to me. I don't know how closely it resembles the original Kern pie.

But just to be on the safe side (I cannot afford a legal struggle over a chocolate pie) I will remove the recipe from the forum. For those who already grabbed it I will leave it to your descretion what you do with it.

Sorry everyone!

Darn it! I should have wrote that down! Just rename it "Debi's Chocolate Pie" and e-mail it to me.

And I thought I was being so smart in finding why its called Derby Pie....now look at the storm I've stirred up.

Deb's pie might be similar in ingredients, but we refer to it as Deb's Derby Delight!

Just rename it, Deb. I am with you, Tori. I knew I should have written that down. Now you have to email it to me to or else I will beat it out of you in Chicago.

giggling here... pie wars... lol..

And of course I missed it. Blooey!

It is all your fault, Tori. Why did you have to go and ask why it was called derby pie? Now we will never have the recipe!

No, No, not Tori's fault....mine for not reading carefully enough on my striving to be Miss Know-It-All! So sorry...

HeHe ... anybody wanna bribe me?

farabee wrote:
No, No, not Tori's fault....mine for not reading carefully enough on my striving to be Miss Know-It-All! So sorry...
It is more fun to blame it on Tori.