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
  • Among the many types of chess pie, lemon chess pie is a standout.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • The South has an array of sweet potato pies, pecan pies, chess pies and peanut pies.
    — Mallory Hughes, CNN, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, and chess pie.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Similar to a chess pie, the filling is a custard made from sugar, eggs, milk, and flour.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
  • Similar to a chess pie, the filling is a custard made from sugar, eggs, milk, and flour.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The chess pie has a caramelly center and a sweet-and-savory crust, and comes with a side of vanilla labneh.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Swap out your average apple or pumpkin pie for apple chess pie this fall season.
    — Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The menu includes coleslaw, potato salad, and pecan, chess, sweet potato and chocolate chess pies.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2023
  • Learn how to make lemon chess pie, and bring this to your next holiday gathering or dinner party.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The restaurant also serves classic sides like macaroni and cheese and slices of homemade chess pie.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • 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, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Flour is the most common thickening agent in buttermilk pies, while chess pies use cornmeal.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The Gullah dirty rice is spicy and layered, rich and earthy; a chess pie perfectly sweet-tart and tender on the tongue.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • But the chess pies have that southern/East Texas flavor, and the blackberry is a stellar fruit pie.
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 23 June 2018
  • For dessert, there will be buttermilk chess pie, red-velvet cupcakes, berry cobbler bites and Derby pie.
    — Alison Stanton, azcentral, 1 May 2018
  • Inspired by a Southern-style chess pie, these tassies are filled with a buttermilk and browned butter custard that’s tangy and not too sweet.
    — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Classic chess pie pairs a traditional butter pie crust with a sweet, custardy filling made with sugar, butter, and eggs.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Similar to a chess pie, this Transparent Pie is a lost recipe to many Kentuckians.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Adding fresh corn kernels to a sweet custard or chess pie filling is a common theme for bakers and gardeners making the most of late summer produce.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • While some confuse buttermilk pie with chess pie and custard pie, each has a distinct personality, and this buttermilk pie recipe proves it.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2023
  • 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

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