Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not apple, pumpkin, or pecan. Even though the turkey gets all the attention on Thanksgiving, we all know that the pies are ...

This classic Southern custard pie gets its sweet, luscious filling from pantry staples like cornmeal, eggs, and sugar. The true origins of chess pie’s name are unknown, but many stories have it that ...

When Sara Foster was growing up in Tennessee, Sunday lunches meant two things: gathering around the dining room table in her granny Foster’s kitchen and homemade pie. Over the last two decades, Foster ...

Yum! This recipe bakes up the perfect deep dish chess pie. There's a sweet caramelized flavor with a light tanginess from the buttermilk. It browns perfectly when baking which makes for a lovely ...

Knock the socks off your friends and family with this timeless classic of Southern baking, using just 10 ingredients or less. Unless you have roots below the Mason-Dixon, chess pie is likely an ...

Lemon Cheese Pie gets its tang from fresh lemon juice and zest. (Food styling Judy Walker/Photo by Dinah Rogers, NOLA.com The Times-Picayune) Last weekend I was busy making several chess pies to serve ...

When you want an easy sweet treat that will impress well beyond the effort spent, choose a chess pie, the Southern staple that will always satisfy your sweet tooth. A simple single crust filled with a ...

To me, chess pie is an Oklahoma pie with definite Southern accents. For NPR's recent pie contest, I started with my mother's family recipe for Lemon Chess Pie — with a variation inspired by my Aunt ...

Chess pie is one of those forgotten vestiges of old Southern culture, like RC Colas and Moon Pies, that hasn’t yet been snapped up by nouveau foodies and made trendy again, as has been done with ...