How to Use chess pie in a Sentence

chess pie

noun
  • Can chess pie be made ahead of time?
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Yes, chess pie can be prepared a day or two in advance.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Grandma loves the classic chess pie.
    — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This will work well for fruit pies, pumpkin pies, chess pies, savory pies, and more.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Similar to a chess pie, the filling is a custard made from sugar, eggs, milk, and flour.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Swap out your average apple or pumpkin pie for apple chess pie this fall season.
    — Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For a couple hundred years, the chess pie has been a staple on Southern dessert tables.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Flour is the most common thickening agent in buttermilk pies, while chess pies use cornmeal.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Classic chess pie is given a fall makeover with the addition of slices of fresh Granny Smith apples.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Transparent pie is another of the league of butter-sugar-egg pies like chess pie, buttermilk pie, and custard pie.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Similar to a chess pie, this Transparent Pie is a lost recipe to many Kentuckians.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Our creamy Grits Pie, which has a custardy filling similar to that of a chess pie, makes a memorable ending to any dinner.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The simple buttermilk pie is a cousin to custard and chess pies, as well as transparent and cream pies, and Indiana’s famous sugar pie.
    — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The chocolate pecan chess pie blends a classic pecan pie with a chocolate chess pie that is baked together in Pop Pie’s signature all-butter crust.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • West Virginians favored lemon pie, and Tennesseans like chess pie on their Thanksgiving table.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025
  • But then there are the super Southern pies some families have folded into the Thanksgiving rotation, like a chess pie.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Coming from the era of make-do pies, chess pie is simple and (unlike buttermilk pie or custard pie) typically includes vinegar or cornmeal in the batter, often both.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Hoosier Mama Pie Company whips pumpkin for a chiffon pie, blends it with ginger for a cheesecake, swirls it together with chocolate for a twist on chess pie and even fuses it with apple for a sour cream Dutch apple pie with walnuts.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Chocolate Chess Pie Scott Peck, executive chef at The Loveless Cafe—an iconic Southern landmark since 1951, located just outside of Nashville–says his favorite Thanksgiving dessert is chocolate chess pie.
    — Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025

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