Lemon Chess Pie Recipe | Epicurious

Lemon Chess Pie Recipe | Epicurious

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Next to brown sugar pie, this is my favorite chess pie. There are several theories as to how these pies came by their name. Some say that "chess" is a corruption of “chest,” meaning that these pies...

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • Finely grated zest of 3 large lemons
  • Juice of 3 large lemons
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • One 9-inch unbaked pie shell (see About Pie Crusts, below)

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