Recipe of Lemon Chess Pie Recipe Southern Living

Chess Pie

Lemon juice and the zest of three lemons make this chess pie divine.

Recipe Summary Chess Pie

This is a very old Southern recipe. It's a very sweet, rich pie which cannot be described as anything but marvelous. This is not my personal recipe but was passed to me by my grandmother and from her grandmother and so on and so forth.

Ingredients | Lemon Chess Pie Recipe Southern Living

½ cup butter

2 cups white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 eggs

1 tablespoon cornmeal

¼ cup evaporated milk

1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell

Directions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

In a large bowl, mix the butter, sugar and vanilla together. Mix in the eggs, then stir in the cornmeal, evaporated milk and vinegar until smooth.

Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 40 minutes. Let cool. Cut and top servings with whipped cream. You will think you have died and gone to heaven.

Info | Lemon Chess Pie Recipe Southern Living

prep: 15 mins cook: 50 mins total: 1 hr 5 mins Servings: 8 Yield: 8 servings

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