BUTTERMILK CHESS PIE....A BITE OF SOUTHERN CHARM!

It's summertime!

Time to relax, party and escape the daily grind.

Estelle's is a Southern Kitchen.

You can drop by anytime and have a glass of sweet tea and a piece of pie.

Just like my Mother's Mississippi kitchen......

What's the difference between LIKE and LOVE?

A good chess pie

made

with buttermilk 

and

a touch of lemon! 

SOUTHERN BUTTERMILK CHESS PIE

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 rounded T. yellow cornmeal

2 rounded T. flour

¼ t. salt

1/2 cup of butter, melted & cooled

1/2 cup of buttermilk

2 t. vanilla extract

4 large eggs

Zest from one lemon

Juice of 1/2 of fresh lemon

1 unbaked pie shell

Nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together the sugar, cornmeal, flour and salt. To that add the butter, buttermilk, and vanilla; mix. Beat the eggs, add and mix. Stir in lemon zest and juice. Pat pie crust into a 9- inch pie plate and pour mixture into the pie shell. Top with a little nutmeg.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and set. Cover with aluminum foil if edges appear to brown
Let cool completely on a rack. 

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A Cat Nanny?????"