pearl weddle's pattern for chess cakes

Name: Pearl Weddle's Pattern for Chess Cakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 - eggs; 3 tablespoon(s) whole milk; 2 tablespoon(s) flour; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) coconut, shredded; 1 - recipe pie dough

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Angel Porter

Aurora, CO

Updated on May 30, 2012

This is a very old recipe. When my mother in law was just a little girl, she knew that making clothes had a pattern, but at that time she didn't know that with cooking it was a recipe. So she asked Pearl Weddle for her pattern for her chess cakes. It has been called a pattern ever since.

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These are darling mini coconut chess cakes... wrapped in flaky pie dough! The best of both worlds!

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 10 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Bake

yield makes 12 chess cakes

Ingredients

3 - eggs
3 tablespoons whole milk
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup coconut, shredded
1 - recipe pie dough

How To Make pearl weddle's pattern for chess cakes

Test Kitchen Tips

We cut small rounds from a refrigerated pie crust to make our mini shells.

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Using a cup cake pan, line each cup cake with pie dough.

Step 2

Combine the remaining ingredients to make a batter. Then fill each mini pie with the batter.
Step 3

Finally Bake the chess cakes for 20 minutes
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