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Ingredients
Crust:
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
Filling:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 8 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup strong steeped orange pekoe tea, cooled
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cornmeal
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
For the crust: In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter until well combined. Add the flour and mix until the dough forms a ball. Pat the dough into a 9-inch pie pan. Chill until ready to use.
For the filling: In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar at medium speed until light. Add the yolks 1 at a time, beating at low speed until well incorporated. Slowly add the tea. Add lemon zest and lemon juice. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the flour, cornmeal, and salt and mix well.
Pour the mixture into the prepared crust. Bake until set, about 45 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack, and then chill for 2 hours before serving.
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By knoxjackson_117...
Atlanta, GA
on April 17, 2013
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Thanks to the previous comments on how runny it was I added 2 tablespoon cornmeal and flour, 1 and half sticks butter, cut the sugar to 1&1/2 cups and used 4 egg yolks and used regular pie crust. Served with ice cream. Butter Pecan yummy
By burger_n_fries
on September 17, 2012
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This is a very tasty chess pie! I took the advice of the previous reviews and halved this recipe since most said it's enough for 2 pies. I also detest the smell of raw eggs & detest eggy tasting food even more so I used Ener-G Egg Replacer. It came out of the oven set. I think all of those nasty stinky eggs made it runny for the other people who complained. It was delicious & I WILL make again using egg replacer.
By Nancyl5
on April 21, 2012
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Just made it. I would cut down on the amount of crust, I did not put as much lemon in it as it called for, therefore very sweet but very good!! You do have to take your time making this recipe in order for it to turn out correctly.
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