mom's chess pie

Name: Mom's Chess Pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 stick(s) melted butter; 2 cup(s) sugar; 1 tablespoon(s) lemon juice; 1 tablespoon(s) cornmeal (scant); 5 - eggs; 1 - unbaked pie shell

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Recipe by

Jaclyn Palmer

@hopeandbeaches

Toledo, OH

A Southern favorite, although I enjoyed my mother's version, growing up in the Midwest. Sweet tooth required!

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yield 8 serving(s)

prep time 10 Min

cook time 50 Min

method Bake

Ingredients For mom's chess pie

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

1
Preheat oven to 325.

2
Mix melted butter with sugar.
3
Add lemon juice and cornmeal to the butter/sugar mixture.
4
Beat eggs separately.
5
Combine butter/sugar mixture and beaten eggs. Mix thoroughly, but with a very light hand.
6
Pour into unbaked pie shell.
7
Bake 45-50 minutes at 325. The pie is done when it is puffed up and firm in the center.
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