My all-time favorite!

Looks great! I have never met a chess pie I didn't like. :)

I've never heard of chess pie before, but that looks like something that we'd really enjoy!

It's a southern thing!

Nice! Huge lemon lover here! :-)

Following this to remember it.

Looks delicious Martha. Does the cornmeal raise to the top?

I thought it was typo for Lemon Cheese pie and I thought, really? I've never heard of a Chess pie, but a quick Google search gave all the needed data. Yours looks delicious and we love lemon!

My mother made this often, and mine never came close to being as good as hers. There is also a long-lost recipe for a chocolate chess pie that's heavenly.

Some chess pies can be pretty darn sweet, but that can be adjusted, if desired. A little bit of chess pie info...

"The chess pie originates from England, but has long been known as a traditional Southern dish. How and where it got its name is a whole different story. According to Southern Living: “Some say gentlemen were served this sweet pie as they retreated to a room to play chess. Others say the name was derived from Southerners’ dialect: It’s jes’ pie (it’s just pie). Yet another story suggests that the dessert is so high in sugar that it kept well in pie chests at room temperature and was therefore called ‘chest pie.’ Southern drawl slurred the name into chess pie."

I prefer the second story -- "j es' " pie! LOL!

I loves me a good chess pie! Thanks for posting the pix and the recipe!

Chess pie is like pecan pie, rich and sweet and irresistable.

Questions.... couldn’t forget this one, been daydreaming about it all day at work every time I saw lemons, Hehehehe.

Can I make this pie in tartlet size? Like a pair or four littler pies instead of one big one? We can’t eat a whole pie at once, and I like to make a couple smaller and share some with a neighbor when I can.

Does it freeze well? If I can make smaller ones, this would be great to include in a couple gifts this year if they can freeze.

reminds me of the old joke.

How would you like your pie cut, six pieces or eight?

better cut it in six, I don't think we can eat eight ...

beesneeds, yes...you can make tartlets. It should be good to freeze. I've never frozen chess pie, but my experience with freezing other types of pies (such as pecan pie or bars) tells me it should be fine. I haven't had any issues with a compromise in texture of filling or crust. Wrap well for the freezer and defrost in the fridge.

@sushipup1: Is this the recipe you were speaking of above?

Tina’s Chocolate Chess Pie

tinam61@gardenweb

1/2 stick of Butter, partially melted

1 1/4 c. Sugar or Splenda/Sugar mix (comes in a bag)

3 T. Cocoa

2 T. Flour

2 Eggs

3/4 c. Milk

1 t. Vanilla

One uncooked Pie Shell.

Whisk the sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla & butter. Add dry ingredients. A whisk is all you need. Pour into Pie Shell. Bake 35-40 min. @375. You can pretty much tell when it's done just by looking at it. It looks like a big Brownie coming from the oven, then it flattens like a Pie. SO EASY.

Beesknees -- yes you could make it smaller. As to freezing, I don't freeze much food (mostly berries) because I think a home refrigerator takes too long to freeze whatever you put in it to freeze and IMO it affects the taste. Someone out there may know.

Walnut Creek -- I'm not sure if that is my chocolate chess pie recipe or not -- I do remember it packs a whole lot of chocolate flavor for very little cocoa!

I don't think I have mother's recipe, but it was almost fudgy, and decadent. Don't know if I can find it.