Lemon Delight Chess Pie
Ingredients
Instructions
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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 then 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.
Pro Tips
Lisa’s Notes: 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.
