September 2. 2, 2. Merry- Jennifer Holidays with my mother’s family included one staple whenever my grandmother, Alice, was involved – her chess pie. Chess pie was always a bit of a mystery to me. I never knew quite what was in it – and really didn’t care, honestly. I just knew that I liked it an awful lot.
If given the choice between pecan pie or chess, I’d choose the chess pie any day of the week. At some point over the last ten years or so my grandmother stopped making the chess pie, along with other classics like her banana pudding. Luckily, I was able to get a handwritten copy of her recipe which I’ve kept folded up in a little box in my kitchen for the past several years. The basic ingredients in chess pie.
Except I forgot to add butter to mine. Oops! Chess pie is a classic southern dessert. There is some controversy surrounding the exact origins of the chess pie, sometimes called vinegar pie. According to my copy of James Beard’s American Cookery, the chess pie or tart was originally from England and then brought to New England and Virginia where it was served “more as a tea accompaniment than as a dessert pie.” I’m not sure James Beard and my grandmother are referring to the same type of pie, though, because the recipes are somewhat dissimilar. Putting all the questions about the origins of the pie aside, I can give you some facts about this chess pie recipe. First, along with pumpkin pie, it’s the dessert I most associate with holidays and family. Second, this chess pie recipe came to me from my grandmother, Alice, whose family is originally from Tennessee, so the pie is truly a southern classic.
Alice learned the recipe from her mother, Offie. And before Offie, the chess pie recipe came from Offie’s mother, Amanda.
Rich, nutty brown butter adds a new flavor dimension to a classic dessert in this Brown Butter Chess Pie from Bake or Break. A chess pie filled with peanut butter! This Peanut Butter Chess Pie is for peanut butter lovers!
I was in the middle of making a Chess pie and realized I was out of vanilla extract. I substituted some maple extract I had on hand, added some pecans and the result was delicious. This pie is decadent and rich, so fortunately.
I made this pie last night. First let me start out by saying, chess pies are the only pies that I have never been able to master, they never set and it did not matter how well I followed the recipe. So I was worried when I. The first time I remember hearing of a chess pie was as a little girl at my grandmother's house. There was this pie on their dining room table and my. Chess pie is a classic southern dessert. There is some controversy surrounding the exact origins of the chess pie, sometimes called vinegar pie. According to my copy of James Beard’s American Cookery, the chess pie or tart.
Amanda lived from 1. So, this chess pie recipe is at least from the late 1. How cool is that? Chess pie batter is fairly thin and runny. This past weekend I made the heirloom chess pie recipe.
It tasted just as it did in my taste memory. The top of the pie crackled under the gentle pressure of the fork, just as I remembered, and the inside was thick and creamy.
And sweet! Oh, this is one sweet pie. Imagine a pecan pie without the pecans, but with a thicker filling — and better, really —В and I think you’d have something fairly similar to a chess pie. This is a pie that deserves a cup of coffee or a glass of ice cold milk, or perhaps a slice of bread (as my mom would prefer), to cut the sweetness. IВ shared this chess pie with my daughter, Madeline — the great- great- great- grandaughter of Amanda. She grinned in anticipation of the first bite, dipped her fork in and tasted, a smile forming on her sweet lips. She said to me, “This is the sweetest pie EVER.
When can we have it again?”She and I shared that moment at the table — two forks, two glasses of milk, one piece of pie, years and years of history thick in the air — and it was the best piece of chess pie I’d ever tasted. Yield: 1 9- inch pie. Grandmother's Chess Pie. I should point out that the original recipe called for one stick of melted butter in the batter. When I made the pie, I melted the butter in the microwave and let it sit for a while to let it cool.
- Chocolate Chess Pie is a quintessential Southern chocolate pie. Get this family favorite chocolate chess pie recipe.
- Ingredients. 2 packages Coconut Dreams or Samoas Cookies, broken into pieces 1 refrigerated pie crust 1/2 c. butter, melted 1/2 c. sugar 1 tbsp. cornmeal (or almond flour, or flour) 1 tbsp. vinegar 1 tsp. vanilla 3 eggs.
- A recreation of the famous Crack Pie from Momofuku Milk Bar in NYC.
Unfortunately, I found the butter - or, rather, my husband did - two days later, still in the microwave. I had completely forgotten to use it. The pie was just perfect without it. So this recipe? I didn't use butter, and I don't recommend it. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups sugar.
Directions: Preheat oven to 3. Combine sugar and cornmeal.
Add beaten eggs and milk, and mix well. Stir in vinegar and vanilla. Mix until well blended. Pour into the pie crust and bake at 3. Turn oven temperature down to 3. Turn oven off and let the pie cool in the oven.