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Chess Pie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 stick butter
3/4 cup milk
3 eggs, room temperature
1/4 t. salt
1 cup sugar
1 t. vanilla
1/4 t. nutmeg
1 9 inch unbaked pie shell
Directions:
Directions:
Melt butter until caramel color; add milk until milk is almost scalded. Cool. Beat eggs, add salt, sugar and vanilla. Pour into pie shell. Grate nutmeg on top of pie. Bake at 325º for 45 minutes or until set.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
The secret to this pie is to brown the butter and scald the milk.

 

 

 

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