Chess pie is a Southern American custard pie made from eggs, butter, sugar, and a small amount of cornmeal or flour — baked until the filling sets firm with a crackled, slightly glossy top. The cornmeal is not incidental. It creates the characteristic surface texture and gives chess pie its structural density, distinguishing it from […]

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Divinity is a Southern American meringue candy made by cooking corn syrup and sugar to hard ball stage, then streaming the hot syrup into stiffly beaten egg whites while continuing to whip until the mixture holds its shape. Pecans are folded in while the candy is still warm, then it is dropped by spoonfuls onto […]

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