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A buttermilk chess pie is a Southern classic. (Getty Images)
A buttermilk chess pie is a Southern classic. (Getty Images)
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Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients

3 eggs beaten

2 cups sugar

½ cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon extract

½ stick butter, melted

9-inch unbaked pie shell

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs and sugar and mix well. Add buttermilk, vanilla or lemon extract and butter. Mix well and pour into unbaked pie shell.
  3. Bake for an hour and 10 minutes.

— Contributed by Carol Sanford