chess pie

noun

: a pie or tart with a filling made especially of eggs, butter, and sugar

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Flour is the most common thickening agent in buttermilk pies, while chess pies use cornmeal. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2024 Zoom in: Fogg brings a lovely southern flavor to the menu, with chess pies, breakfast biscuits and moon pies. Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024 Get The Recipe 11 of 21 Apple Spice Cake This no-fuss cake comes together in just one bowl and is then baked in a springform pan. Get The Recipe 12 of 21 Apple Chess Pie Classic chess pie is given a fall makeover with the addition of slices of fresh Granny Smith apples. Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2024 The Ordinary Hen’s menu features Southern classics like collard greens, cornbread with jalapeno, cheddar and chives, summery flavors with pineapple, coconut sand and banana hummingbird cake and chess pie with lemon, buttermilk ice cream and ginger crumb. Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for chess pie 

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of chest

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chess pie was in 1932

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“Chess pie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chess%20pie. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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