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chess pie

noun

, Southern Cooking.
  1. a dessert of cornmeal, sugar, butter, egg yolks, milk, and flavorings baked in a pastry shell.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chess pie1

First recorded in 1930–35; apparently for chest pie; chest perhaps alluding to its depth
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Example Sentences

The chocolate chess pie is pretty next-level.

For special occasions, he might bring a pecan or chess pie.

That dish was salted honey chess pie.

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Salted Caramel Apple and Chess Pie top the list of their ridiculously popular flavors, but one underrated treat is this nutty molasses quick bread, which we got the recipe for.

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Upon his first bite of a dense, custardy interior slice, my dad proclaimed it "chess pie, but with coconut milk," which feels far more apt.

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