Lemon Molasses Chess Pie Food

LEMON CHESS PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine the sugar, flour and cornmeal. Blend well, then add the eggs and combine well. Add the milk and mix then stir in the melted butter, lemon rind and juice. Pour this filling into the crust and cover then edge of the crust with foil to prevent it from burning, taking care not to touch the filling. Bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes, removing the foil after 30 minutes. Cool and serve or refrigerate overnight but let sit out 3 hours before serving to warm up slightly. Serve with dollops of whipped cream.

LEMON BUTTERMILK CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl, combine sugar, cornmeal, flour and salt.
• In another bowl, beat eggs thoroughly.
• Add sugar mixture; mix well.
• Add melted butter, lemon zest and juice, buttermilk and vanilla to egg mixture, mixing to blend thoroughly after each addition to prevent lumping.
• Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie shell; bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until the top is golden brown and custard is set.
• Remove pie to rack; cool completely.
• Sprinkle top with confectioners' sugar and garnish each serving with whipped cream.

LEMON CHESS PIE FROM FARM JOURNAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Using an electric mixer at high speed, beat eggs in a bowl until well blended.
• Gradually add the sugar, beating well after each addition.
• Add the lemon juice, melted butter, cornmeal, flour, and salt.
• Beat well, using electric mixer at low speed.
• Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake 40 minutes or until top is browned. Do not overbake. Cool on a rack.

LEMON CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine first 6 ingredients and pour into the pastry shell.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes.

LEMON CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prick pie shell with fork.
• Bake 10 minutes.
• Set aside.
• Decrease oven temperature to 330 degrees F.
• Combine sugar and cornstarch in large bowl.
• Stir in lemon peel.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Stir in lemon juice and blend in butter.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Bake until puffed and golden-brown, 50-60 minutes.
• Cool to room temperature before serving.

LEMON MOLASSES CHESS PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin roll out dough 1/8 inch thick (about a 12-inch round). Fit dough into a 9-inch (1-quart) glass pie plate and trim edge. Crimp edge of shell decoratively and with a fork prick bottom of shell in several places. Chill shell 30 minutes, or until firm.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Line shell with foil and fill with pie weights or raw rice. Bake shell in middle of oven 25 minutes. Transfer shell to a rack and carefully remove weights or rice and foil. Cool shell.
• Increase temperature to 450°F. Finely grate enough zest from lemons to measure 1 tablespoon and squeeze enough juice from lemons to measure 3 tablespoons. Melt butter and cool. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together eggs and sugar until thick and pale and on medium speed beat in butter, zest, lemon juice, and all remaining ingredients until combined. (Custard will be thin.) Pour custard into shell.
• Put pie in middle of oven and reduce temperature to 325°F. Bake pie until just set in center, 35 to 40 minutes, and cool completely on rack. Pie may be made 6 hours ahead and kept, uncovered, at cool room temperature.
• Serve pie at room temperature with whipped cream.