Mama's Chess Pie

Name: Mama's Chess Pie
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 sticks divided, 1 for crust, 2 for filling butter; 2 cups sifted cake flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 to 6 tablespoons ice water; 2 cups sugar; 7 beaten egg yolks; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons cornmeal

2 steps

Prep:15minCook:15min

Updated at: Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:59:23 GMT

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Ingredients

15 servings

2 cupscake flour

sifted

¼ teaspoonsalt

3 tablespoonswater

ice

2 cupssugar

7egg yolks

beaten

1 ½ teaspoonsvanilla

½ cupheavy cream

2 tablespoonscornmeal

Instructions

Crust

Step 1

Cut 1 stick butter into flour and salt. Slowly add ice water. Knead dough and roll out on dough board, or press into bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie plate.

filling

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 °F. Cream 2 sticks butter and sugar; add egg yolks, vanilla and cream. Gently blend in cornmeal. Pour into chess pie pastry. Bake until light brown on top, about 35 to 45 minutes.

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