Lemon Chess Pie

Dessert Recipes by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe

Ingredients

• 1½ cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tbsp cornmeal
• 1 tbsp flour
• ½ cup melted butter
• ½ cup lemon juice or juice and rind of 1 lemon
• Pie Shell

Directions

1. Combine sugar, flour and meal. Toss together.
2. Add eggs, lemon juice, butter. Mix well.
3. Pour in unbaked pie shell.
4. Bake 45 minutes at 350 °F.