Lemon Chess Pie
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Ingredients
  • pie dough for 1 single-crust pie (10-inch) baked and cooled or make it from scratch
  • 2 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup salted butter
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 t all-purpose flour
  • 1 t yellow cornmeal
  • 1/4 c fresh lemon juice
  • zest of 3 lemons (about 3 t grated lemon rind)
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350˚F.
  2. Cream sugar and butter; add eggs and milk. Beat well. Mix in the flour, cornmeal, lemon juice and lemon zest. Pour mixture into a 10-inch pie shell; bake at 350˚F in preheated oven until done, about 35 to 40 minutes.
  3. Serve immediately.