Chess Pie (sugar, vanilla, eggs, butter)

[Wilson513]

I really only have one recipe that I stick to with no variability. A good chess pie is one of the hardest simple dishes to make well.

recipe for chess pie

room temperature
Pillsbury pie crust bottom
9" Pie Pan
1 ½ stick butter
1 ½ cup sugar
2 eggs xl
3 tablespoons flour
4 ½ tablespoons milk
2 tsp vanilla
beat to batter
425 15 min.
350 about 30 min.

[bluesky42day]

Interesting variation, I've never made one without cornmeal. I've always loved the simplicity of chess, vinegar & pecan pies.

Courtney

[kshe95girl]

I love this anecdote from Craig Claiborne, former food editor for the NY Times,
I suspect that vinegar was substituted for lemon juice when not available, just a bit of food anthropology.

“The origin of the name ‘chess pie’ was explained to me on a visit to Kentucky
as follows: A visitor to the South went to a dining establishment. At the time for
dessert, the waitress told him that pie was included. He said he would like apple
pie and she replied that it was not served. ‘Then I’ll take peach,’ he said. No
peach either. ‘What kind of pie do you serve?’ he asked. ‘Jes’ pie,’ she told him.
When in the course of reporting recipes for publication in The New York Times I have mentioned the dessert known as chess pie, the response has always been impressive beyond my wildest imagination. I have been told repeatedly in each
letter that I did not know how to prepare the genuine article. The following
recipe came to me anonymously. It was signed ‘A True Southern Belle.’

http://www.labellecuisine.com/archiv...hess%20Pie.htm