Lemon Molasses Chess Pie Recipes

BILL CLINTON'S LEMON CHESS PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter or margarine until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and milk. Add flour, cornmeal, lemon juice, and lemon rind. Mix until smooth. Pour mixture into pastry shell.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until set in center.

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.

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°. Unroll crust on a lightly floured surface. Transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edge., In a large bowl, beat eggs for 3 minutes. Gradually add sugar; beat until mixture becomes thick and lemon-colored, 2 minutes. Beat in the lemon juice, butter, cornmeal, flour and salt. , Pour into pastry crust. Bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate before serving, 3 hours.