Pineapple Chess Pie recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups white sugar
2 tablespoons cornmeal
4 eggs
4 tablespoons butter
¼ cup lemon juice
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in heavy syrup
⅓ cup milk, or as needed
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie

Nutrition Info

381.5 calories
carbohydrate: 56.3 g
cholesterol: 109.1 mg
fat: 16 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 5.2 g
saturatedFat: 6.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 198 mg
sugar: 38.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

  2. Mix the white sugar, cornmeal, eggs, melted butter, lemon juice, and the undrained crushed pineapple mixed with enough milk to make 3/4 cup. Do not over beat. Pour filling into one 9-inch unbaked pie shell.

  3. Bake pie at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking until set and golden. This should take about 40 minutes. Serve pie at room temperature.

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch pie

Recipe Note

I have no idea if this pie should be put in the icebox since I have never had any leftovers!!!

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