Chess Pie
This Chess Pie or Buttermilk Pie is a Southern Classic for the holidays. With only a few ingredients, and limited steps, its easy to love!
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, 1/2 cup
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/8 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- dash of nutmeg
- 1 9 in pie shell, I par-bake* mine
Instructions
- In mixer cream butter and sugar together. Add vanilla then add one egg at a time to the mixture. Slowly add flour and salt. Stir in buttermilk then pour into prepared pie shell. Sprinkle the top of the pie with a dash of nutmeg.
- Place a large rimmed baking sheet on the lower baking shelf (to catch anything that bubbles over and). Place the filled pie on the middle shelf and bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes. After 30 minutes cover the crust edge (an easy way to do this is to cut a circle of foil then fold the foil in half and cut and half circle out of the middle creating a ring of foil to put on the crust edge.) Check for done-ness at 50 minutes. When its done, it will only be giggly around the center (a little larger than a quarter). It may take an additional 5-15 minutes for a total cooking time of 1 hr 5 minutes.
- Let cool completely before slicing.
- This pie can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator. I actually think the pie is even better the day after it's made.
Notes
I like to par-bake my pie crust before I fill it to ensure that it cooks all the way through. Partial baking the pie crust can be done by rolling out the crust into a pie pan, line the surface of the crust with lightly greased foil or parchment then fill with pie weights or rice. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes, then remove the pie weights and foil and bake for another 10 minutes. I also like to place a rimmed baking sheet on the lower shelf while the crust is baking just in case any butter bubbles over (so it doesn't get on the bottom of the oven). To make sure the pie is done you can barely shake it to see if it is still liquid in the center.