Mama Dickeys Chess Pie Recipes

MAMA'S CHESS PIE

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in sugar and remove from heat to allow to cool slightly.
• 2. Beat eggs until frothy in a separate bowl and add slowly to butter mixture. Stir in vanilla.
• 3. Pour into pie shell and bake in 350 degree oven for 1 hour.

MAMA'S CHESS PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Note: I love a flaky crust so have found this to help, while baking keep a beaten egg white handy. Brush the unbaked pie shell bottom and sides with the beaten egg white.
• 2. Bake that for 7-minutes. Let it cool then proceed on.
• 3. Beat eggs and butter until light and lemon colored.
• 4. Sprinkle in the remaining dry ingredients.
• 5. Then add the evaporated milk and vanilla.
• 6. Pour this into the pie shell.
• 7. Bake for 55-65 minutes until set.
• 8. NOTE: You can make this a lemon chess pie by adding 1/4 cup lemon juice and the zest from one lemon.

MAMA'S CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, corn meal, and flour. Melt the margarine and add to the sugar mixture. Cream well. Add eggs, one at a time and beat thoroughly after each. Add vinegar, vanilla, and milk. Beat thoroughly. Pour into unbaked pastry shell and bake in a 400 deg. oven for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 325 deg. and continue baking 30 to 45 minutes or until set.
• Makes 1 (9) pie.

MAMA'S CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Crust:
• 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:
• 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.

MAMA DICKEY'S CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Mix eggs until blended.
• Add sugar and mix until creamed.
• Add melted butter, vanilla, vinegar, nutmeg and corn meal and mix well.
• Pour into 8" pie shell.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50 Minutes.