Cooking & Baking

Here are the differences…

Pecan Pie – contains sugar, eggs, vanilla, butter, corn syrup, and pecans, see my recipe for Southern Pecan Pie.

Chess Pie – Some recipes contain sugar, eggs, butter, vinegar, cornmeal, and vanilla. Other recipes don’t call for cornmeal or vinegar, but flour instead. Then there are recipes that call for cornmeal but no vinegar. And let’s not forget, the recipes that call for a little milk. It’s no wonder there’s a lot of confusion when it comes to Chess Pie, and Chess Pie looks very much like Transparent Pie. See my recipe for Southern Chess Pie.

Transparent Pie – (this recipe) contains sugar, eggs, butter, flour, vanilla and whipping cream.

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Transparent Pie goes way back to the frontier days, where families made pies using whatever pantry goods they had on hand. They had no refrigeration in those days, and these pies did not have to be refrigerated.

It was determined many years ago, that Transparent Pie originated in Kentucky, and not just anywhere in Kentucky, but in the Maysville Kentucky area, which is 30 minutes from my hometown of Brooksville, Kentucky. Transparent Pie is a very well-known pie in this area, although it’s not well-known to many people, even in some parts of Kentucky. You can find this recipe in the Best of The Best of Kentucky cookbook, and it’s also been posted in the Ledger Independent newspaper for Maysville Ky.
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more (lots of exposition, recipe at end): https://mycountrytable.com/transparent-pie/


https://mycountrytable.com/transparent-pie/print/17381/ ***PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD***