Amazing Chocolate Chess Pie Recipe

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1. As an actual southerner, I’ve never made a chess pie that didn’t have at least a couple of tablespoons of flour in the filling. My go-to pie for all occasions is a coconut chess pie; everyone who tries it says it’s the best pie they’ve had in years.

   The funny thing about the coconut chess pie is that my mother used to make it all the time when I was little, back in the early 1970s. I didn’t think about it for years and years, but about a decade ago I had a memory of it so I asked my mother for the recipe. I made it and it was just as delicious as I remembered. I asked my mother where she had gotten the recipe, and she said she remembered it as having been in an old church group’s cookbook from the 1960s. She had written it down and put it in her notebook of recipes, so she hadn’t looked at the cookbook for probably 50 years.

   That Thanksgiving, I wanted to see if I could find a clue as to the origin of the recipe. My mother and I dug through a cabinet full of old cookbooks. We finally found the cookbook and we turned to the recipe. It was attributed to my mother! She had no memory of having submitted the recipe; she thought she’d gotten it from the cookbook. Needless to say, we never did figure out where she got the recipe.

   Now I make that pie for every family gathering, along with making my great-grandmother’s "brown-top" apple pie. I might have to throw a chocolate chess pie into the mix, although I’ll probably go with my whole-milk-plus-flour version rather than using evaporated milk. The flour just gives a chess pie its distinctive texture. It’s not supposed to be a cream/custard pie…

2. Yes! Thanks so much!

3. Wow! How delicious is that! Amazing pie and not too difficult to make!

4. Am I the only person who loves to bake but doesn't own a scale? I think it's time to invest in one.

5. Your recipes never a flop.

6. Maybe in Australia it can be called she'll be right pie

7. I just assumed it was called a chess pie because the chocolate filling and crust sort of resemble the colors of wooden chess pieces?

8. ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴋʜᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴘʟᴀᴛꜰᴏʀᴍ? ɪ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴀꜱᴄɪɴᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ. ꜱᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ.

9. Your southern accent was charming.???? My grandmother made a coconut chess pie. I have to try this.

10. My great grandma called her refrigerator a chest,maybe that’s what it stands for. I have never really thought about it. I made your strawberry pie today for my parents. They loved it. Thanks for sharing.

11. Sir,
    Do you have a Rhubarb recipe you could share with us? Would appreciate it!
    Thanks for sharing!????

12. I will be making this ASAP!

13. Sweet move transferring the dough to the rolling pin!!!

14. Every time I see a chocolate pie I think of the move “the help” great movie highly recommend

15. In the 1980s, I made several kinds of Chess Pie. Lemon, chocolate, brown sugar, and orange were our favorites!! ????

16. I want to be your neighbor. I would be your guinea guest anytime. lol

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