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Recipe by: Lisa Prince

Lemon Delight Chess Pie

This is by far one of our favorite recipes from Local Dish now! A simple pie to make that is sweet and creamy with just a hint of lemon flavor.  Keep an eye on the crust – if it starts to get too brown cover the pie with a piece of aluminum foil.

Servings: 8
Cook Time: Prep Time: 10 minutes; Total Time: 1 hour
Meal Type: Dessert
NC Ingredients: Eggs

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Ingredients

Prepared pastry for a 9-inch pie plate or a regular frozen pie crust
6
tablespoons butter, melted
1
2/3 cups sugar
4
eggs
2
tablespoons cornmeal
2
tablespoons grated lemon peel
1/4
cup lemon juice
1
teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 450ºF.

Unfold pie pastry and gently ease into pie plate.  Flute pastry around edge of pie plate.

In a large bowl beat together butter, sugar and eggs until smooth.  Add cornmeal, lemon peel, lemon juice and vanilla. Beat until thoroughly blended.  Pour into pie shell, and bake in a preheated 450ºF oven for 10 minutes.  Reduce heat to 350ºF, and continue baking until knife inserted in center comes out clean or about 30-40 minutes.

Cool on wire rack at room temperature for no more than two hours. Serve at room temperature or chilled. Refrigerate leftovers in covered container.

 
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Recipes found on this page are from Got to Be NC members, staff, industry partners and Stove Side Chats. Stove Side Chats is Got to Be NC’s cooking show hosted by restaurant marketing specialist Chad Blackwelder. This series invites chefs and home cooks from around the state to teach you how to cook with in-season North Carolina deliciousness.