Both, the chess pie and a buttermilk pie,  taste extremely similar. However old fashioned chess pies are usually a tad bit sweeter, and they are made with less milk. Also, chess pies are made with cornmeal, and are usually darker than buttermilk pies. You’ll also notice that this old fashioned chess pie recipe forms a nice crispy crust on top!

There are so many different kinds of chess pies. There’s a lemon chess pie recipes, as well as chocolate chess pie, and some people even make chess pie without cornmeal. HOWEVER, a true classic chess pie recipe always contains cornmeal in my book, and many down home cooks will tell you that.

This old fashioned chess pie recipe is made of eggs ( at room temperature!) sugar, whole milk ( some people like to use evaporated milk), unsalted butter, vanilla, cornmeal, and a little bit of vinegar. No – you won’t taste the vinegar!

Instead of making a homemade pie shell You Can cheat by using store bought crust.