Mom's Chess Pie
By
Jaclyn Palmer
@hopeandbeaches
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A Southern favorite, although I enjoyed my mother's version, growing up in the Midwest. Sweet tooth required!
Ingredients
- 1 stick
- melted butter
- 2 c
- sugar
- 1 Tbsp
- lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp
- cornmeal (scant)
- 5
- eggs
- 1
- unbaked pie shell
How to Make Mom's Chess Pie
- 1Preheat oven to 325.
- 2Mix melted butter with sugar.
- 3Add lemon juice and cornmeal to the butter/sugar mixture.
- 4Beat eggs separately.
- 5Combine butter/sugar mixture and beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly, but with a very light hand.
- 6Pour into unbaked pie shell.
- 7Bake 45-50 minutes at 325. The pie is done when it is puffed up and firm in the center.
