Kentucky Chess Pie
Chess pie is a dessert characteristic of Southern U.S. cuisine. Recipes vary, but are generally similar in that they call for the preparation of a single crust and a filling comprised of eggs, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Some recipes call for corn syrup, however this tends to create a gelatinous consistency. The pie is then baked. The resulting pie is very sweet and often consumed with coffee in order to offset this somewhat. The preparation of a pecan pie is essentially similar, with the addition of pecans.
It is amazing when you start looking at where these desserts originated. The first time my husband tasted a piece of “Chess Pie”, he stopped short and announced that this was Gypsy Tart… a dessert he grew up with in England!
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