Project Description

Buttermilk Lemon Chess Pie

Ingredients

• 1/2 recipe of Whole Wheat Pie Crust
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1-1/2 Tbsp Community Grains Floriani Red Flint Polenta Integrale
• 1 Tbsp of Community Grains Hard Red Winter Wheat Flour
• 5 large eggs, beaten
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• pinch saffron

Baking Instructions

1. Roll out the pie dough to a quarter-inch and gently set into your 9-inch pie pan. Trim off any pie dough hanging over the edge and set aside.
2. Preheat oven at 350ºF.
3. In a small bowl, stir sugars, polenta, and flour together.
4. In a larger bowl,  combine the remaining ingredients.
5. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, and pour filling into the crust.
6. Place pie on a cookie sheet and bake. Check the set after 1 hour. It should be set around the edges but jiggly in the middle.
7. Let cool on a cooling rack.