This chocolate chess pie is a family fave that I only make around the holidays. My son is a huge fan of buttermilk pie, but I wanted to open his eyes to other kinds of pies. Chess pie is similar to buttermilk pie, but it includes cornmeal, which adds texture and rises to the top to create a great crust. While chocolate isn’t traditional for chess pie, I add it as my own delicious twist.

　　This recipe was excerpted from ‘Super Soul Food with Cousin Rosie’ by Rosie Mayes. Buy the full book on Amazon.

　　

Ingredients

8 servings

　　2 cups sugar

　　½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted

　　2 tsp. vanilla extract

　　5 large eggs

　　¼ cup whole milk

　　¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

　　1 Tbsp. yellow cornmeal

　　1 Tbsp. distilled white vinegar

　　1 (9") store-bought or homemade pie crust, chilled

　　

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

　　

Step 2

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the sugar, butter, and vanilla until well combined. Add the eggs, milk, cocoa, cornmeal, and vinegar and whisk until well combined. Pour the filling into the pie crust.

　　

Step 3

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the center of the pie is almost set. Let the pie cool on a wire rack for about 45 minutes before serving.

　　Excerpted from  Super Soul Food with Cousin Rosie by permission of Sasquatch Books. (c)2022 by Rosie Mayes. All rights reserved. Buy the book from Amazon or Penguin Random House.