Let's Eat! Grandmother's Famous Chess Pie

The first episode of Texas Brown Sugar is finally here and I can’t wait for you to see what

we’ve been up to this year! Nothing about the way I cook is fancy or complicated. As a busy

Wife, Mom, and Entrepreneur it is important for me to provide tasty, easy, and budget

friendly food for my family. And I am excited to cook alongside with you as we make some

of my favorite recipes.

We’re kicking off the first episode with my Grandmother’s famous chess pie. As a kid, we

would go to my Grandparent’s house every weekend and my Grandmother would bake

some sort of dessert. They were all great, yet one of my favorites was her chess pie. I loved

this pie. Over the years, the recipe was lost and I could not find it. I searched all over the

internet and none of them were Momma Pauline’s chess pie. And after 12 years, my mother

found the recipe! Cooking this pie was like going back to my Grandparent’s kitchen. This pie

is a way for my daughters to feel connected to a woman they never got a chance to meet. I

think my Grandmother would be proud this pie lives on in such a special way for our family.

Let’s sweetin’ up your life!

- Lessa

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