Comments on: Lemon Chess Pie

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:41:48 +0000

Thanks for a recipe w/o the cornmeal! I will bake one this weekend.

By: Christy Jordan

Christy Jordan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:05:36 +0000

You’re cooking the filling as well as the pie, it should be set when you take it out of the oven:not jiggly in the middle. The tine I gave should accomplish that easily though. If it doesn’t, you might want to get an oven thermometer and check to make sure your oven is cooking at the right temp. I check mine about once a year.
Hope this helps!

By: erica m

erica m — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:17:41 +0000

do you put it in the oven JUST so the crust cooks and its gets brown and then when you take it out should it still be liquidy until you let it set?

By: warren rose

warren rose — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:57:44 +0000

I have made this pie and it has been in our family for years. now a tradition for us at Rosemary beach Florida with the slight change, I use Meyer lemons. The comments have always been positive and it would not be Thanksgiving without Lemon chess Pie. Thankyou to my Aunt Bettie for carrying this recipe forward.

By: deb

deb — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:08:42 +0000

Aloha just baked this pie two for Thanksgiving. It never did set up the knife came out clean when I checked the pie after 30 min.I have put them in the refrigerator to see if it will firm up..HELP

By: JENNIFER

JENNIFER — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:48:25 +0000

Thank you so much for the great recipes. I found the link to your page from the SouthernSavers website, and I am loving finding recipes I had as a kid. Growing up in South Georgia these were all favorites, and since my Grandmother passed away while I was away at college, I was not able to get any of her recipes…Thanks again so much!

By: Clair

Clair — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:08:05 +0000

I baked this Lemon Chess for my boyfriend yesterday. He’d been begging for one for weeks. It was a total success. Thanks!

By: Amanda in Texas

Amanda in Texas — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:58:25 +0000

Christy, my Papa (grandfather) is coming over for dinner tonight and I’m whipping this pie up right now to treat him for dessert! Thanks for the great recipe!

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By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:26:28 +0000

Wow, looks delicious! I like lemon meringue pie but it’s too much work and I would be the only one eating it (the rest of the family doesn’t share my love of citrus). Your recipe looks just right. Not a lot of ingredients and quick. I am going to have to make one real soon, even if I am the only one who eats it (I will just have to call my girlfriends over to share ). BTW, if you get yourself a microplane zester, you can collect zest in no time, no more having to chop up the zest and they are inexpensive. Mine has a plastic sleeve on it so it fits in my utensil drawer without scrapping anything.