Creeach Fam Recipes
Lemon Chess Pie
8 servings
servings10 minutes
active time45 minutes
total timeIngredients
1 ready-made deep dish pie crust
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 Tablespoon cornmeal
1 Tablespoon all purpose flour
3 large eggs
3 Tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup lemon juice (it takes about 4-5 large lemons to make 1/2 cup juice. Alternatively, you can use bottled lemon juice.)
zest of one lemon
Directions
Bake ready made pie crust according to package directions. This is known as blind baking or par baking.
Heat oven to 375F. Combine sugar, cornmeal, flour, and eggs in large bowl using a whisk. Stir in melted butter, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Mix well. Pour into prepared pie crust and bake for 35 minutes or until filling is mostly set but no more than 40 minutes. Check on the pie after about 25 minutes to see if the crust is starting to brown too quickly -- see recipe note below if this happens.
Cool on a wire rack. Transfer to refrigerator to chill. When chilled, sprinkle with powdered sugar or top with whipped cream. TIP: Can be served at room temperature but I think it's better served cold.
Nutrition
Serving Size
-
Calories
350 kcal
Total Fat
14 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Unsaturated Fat
8 g
Trans Fat
1 g
Cholesterol
73 mg
Sodium
161 mg
Total Carbohydrate
54 g
Dietary Fiber
1 g
Total Sugars
38 g
Protein
4 g
8 servings
servings10 minutes
active time45 minutes
total time