CHESS PIE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Chess Pie Recipe - (4.5/5) image

Provided by gmgaston

Number Of Ingredients 13

For the crust (makes enough for two crust):
2 cups of flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup milk
For the filling:
3 eggs
1 stick of butter
1 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of yellow corn meal
1 teaspoon of vanilla
The juice from 1 and 1/2 lemons (about 1/2 cup)
1 teaspoon of lemon zest

Steps:

For the crust: Mix flour and salt. Mix oil and milk. Pour oil and milk into flour and salt and stir until combined into a dough. Can add more milk if dry. Separate into two balls (save one ball for another pie). Roll crust out between two sheets of wax paper, line a pie pan with crust. For the filling: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F Melt the butter. Mix the sugar in with the butter. Beat the eggs and add vanilla, corn meal, lemon juice and zest. Add egg mixture to butter and sugar, and mix well. Pour filling into an unbaked pie shell and bake at 350 for 50 minutes. Let cool for 20 minutes (so filling can set). Filling makes enough for one pie