It’s easy to confuse a chess pie and a buttermilk pie. Both are classic Southern desserts. Both are simple and homey looking with a single pastry crust and a creamy, pale yellow filling. But take a ...

Celebrate the holidays with these recipes courtesy of New York Times Cooking, specially chosen for "Sunday Morning" viewers. We are pleased to share Yewande Komolafe's Lemon Buttermilk Chess Pie With ...

This pie is very similar to Chess Pie (page 69)—except there is no cornmeal. In this version, the buttermilk and citrus give it its tanginess. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll out dough and place ...

Preheat oven to 350º F. In a small bowl, grate zest from the lemon, cut lemon in half and juice through a strainer. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and gradually add the sugar, creaming it ...

1. Preheat your oven to 350. 2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar and flour until mixed. Add the eggs 1 at a time mixing before adding the next. Whisk in the buttermilk, melted butter ...

In 19th-century Alabama, as one of many tales goes, a freed slave made a living selling pies to her neighbors. During a time when pecans and other nuts were hard to come by, she made a sugar pie, ...

Some Southern sweets -- pecan pie, pralines, red velvet cake -- are well-loved throughout the country. As someone who was born and raised in southern Indiana, I have fond memories of a dessert that ...

It’s not apple, pumpkin, or pecan. Even though the turkey gets all the attention on Thanksgiving, we all know that the pies are the real star of the meal. No matter where you live or celebrate the ...

On a recent cold and blustery morning, one of my sisters texted a recipe for egg custard pie. She'd started Thanksgiving preparations nearly two weeks early, baking the cornbread and boiling chicken ...