I had the best time Friday night on Skype with my long time blog friend Kay* of Apartment #412. It was great finally putting a moving face, and voice with the photos. She had a chance to “meet” my kids, and I had a chance to meet her family to. We both learned so much, and the conversation was stimulating which I loved. Modern day technology allowing me in Texas to talk, and see a friend in Canada for FREE is just great. So some how we got on the topic of food. We talked about Southern food, and Canadian food. There was a big moment when I asked her had she had Chess Pie before. We then ended up running around showing foods from our pantry's on the web cam, and laughing at what we didn’t have. At any rate she said she was going to try and make the pie, and then I received an email about the butter. I then thought it would be great to put together a post that would give details on this fabulous pie, just in time for the holidays for everyone. I usually make about 8 of these pies, and people walk away with whole pies as they give their goodbye hugs. So please try it, you will love it. PROMISE. Tamara Styles GUARANTEED.
Ingredients
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 stick of melted butter
2 tablespoon flour
1 frozen pie shell
Directions
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
Add all ingredients to bowl. Mix well with mixer under smooth, and silky. Pour most of mixture into pie crust. I usually don’t fill it until its in the oven. I place it in the oven, and then take a measuring cup and pour the rest of the mixture into the crust to prevent me from spilling it. Otherwise your hands would be shaky, and you will waste some of the mixture as its in the pie shell if you do it all before it hits the oven. Let it cook a minimum of 50 mins. I usually gage based on the photo above of the “split”. When I first started making this pie, I was not letting it cook long enough and it would be runny. Don’t let the “burnt” look discourage, or fool you into thinking it’s overdone.
HAVE YOU MADE THIS PIE BEFORE? OR DO YOU LIKE CHESS PIE? I am really curious if its just a Southern dessert, or do people like these pies all over.
Enjoy!
TamStyles
