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Recipe by: Lisa Prince

Brown Sugar Chess Pie

Any flavor of chess pie is delicious and easy to make. Chess Pie recipes usually make 2 pies and chances are you have the ingredients in your kitchen already. My grandmother Bullock used to make this recipe.

Servings: 16
Cook Time: Prep Time: 10 minutes; Total Time: 50 minutes
Meal Type: Dessert
NC Ingredients: eggs

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Ingredients

1
pound package (16 oz.) brown sugar
1/2
cup butter, softened
4
eggs, beaten
1/2
teaspoon lemon extract
1/2
teaspoon vanilla extract
2
regular 9-inch pie shells, unbaked

Directions

Combine brown sugar and butter, beating well. Add eggs and flavorings, mixing well.  Pour mixture into pastry shells, and bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees, and bake an additional 35 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between center and edge comes out clean.

 
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