chess pie is called that way because Albert Wallawickingham (1856-1912), journalist for a cooking magazine, was coming back home from buying a set of chess pieces when he stumbled upon a lady right outside her house selling chocolate pies, Albert was intrigued by such pies but didn't have any money on him. Yet the pies looked so good he offered the lady to trade his new chess set for a pie. the woman accepted and albert fell in love with the flavor. he then asked the lady for the recipe and published it in his magazine as "chess pie", where it stands as the first historical record of said recipe with this name.
I love when people teaching others something include their mistakes or when they run into something unplanned. You weren’t going to sift the cocoa powder, but there were a lot of hard lumps. So you stopped, shifted gears and sifted it. You whisked and things got a lil messy. You warned us to take it easy on the whisking. So often we see picture perfect/edited/unrealistic demonstrations that can leave a person feeling inadequate when they attempt something themselves. Thanks for keeping it real!
My great grandma called her refrigerator a chest,maybe that’s what it stands for. I have never really thought about it. I made your strawberry pie today for my parents. They loved it. Thanks for sharing.
This pie reminded me of Minnie’s pie from the movie The Help 😄 Hilly: what do you put in this that makes it tastes so good? Minnie: that good vanilla from Mexico…and we know the rest 😅
As an actual southerner, I’ve never made a chess pie that didn’t have at least a couple of tablespoons of flour in the filling. My go-to pie for all occasions is a coconut chess pie; everyone who tries it says it’s the best pie they’ve had in years. The funny thing about the coconut chess pie is that my mother used to make it all the time when I was little, back in the early 1970s. I didn’t think about it for years and years, but about a decade ago I had a memory of it so I asked my mother for the recipe. I made it and it was just as delicious as I remembered. I asked my mother where she had gotten the recipe, and she said she remembered it as having been in an old church group’s cookbook from the 1960s. She had written it down and put it in her notebook of recipes, so she hadn’t looked at the cookbook for probably 50 years. That Thanksgiving, I wanted to see if I could find a clue as to the origin of the recipe. My mother and I dug through a cabinet full of old cookbooks. We finally found the cookbook and we turned to the recipe. It was attributed to my mother! She had no memory of having submitted the recipe; she thought she’d gotten it from the cookbook. Needless to say, we never did figure out where she got the recipe. Now I make that pie for every family gathering, along with making my great-grandmother’s "brown-top" apple pie. I might have to throw a chocolate chess pie into the mix, although I’ll probably go with my whole-milk-plus-flour version rather than using evaporated milk. The flour just gives a chess pie its distinctive texture. It’s not supposed to be a cream/custard pie…
I’m from Alabama, and I’ve always added flour to the filling. Whenever I order a chess pie, I assume it will have that “chess pie” texture that the flour gives it. ❤
Hi thanks for sharing your story. I was wondering how you would make it? Or let's say if I follow his recipe when and how much flour should I add? I've never made this before and never even know about this so I would love to know how you make it! The coconut version sounds super good to by the way!!!
@@Alexie24Alexie the recipe I use has a few differences from John’s here. Mine has only two eggs, uses a cup of milk (instead of the evaporated milk) and has four tablespoons of flour. The rest is, I believe, the same. I whisk the flour and sugar together, then make it the same way John shows here. To do it as a coconut chess pie, simply leave out the cocoa and add one cup of unsweetened flaked coconut to the filling after you’ve mixed the rest of the ingredients. My recipe: 1 1/2 cups sugar 4 Tbsp. flour 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup milk 1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut Pour filling into an unbaked 9" pie crust. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350° and bake for an additional 30-40 minutes, until center is set but still slightly jiggly and the top has started to lightly brown. A few things I’ve learned after making this a bunch of times - don’t use an electric mixer to make the filling. You don’t want to whisk any air into the filling, so just gently stir everything together until smooth and uniform. Lightly toasting your coconut flakes adds a bit of depth to the coconut flavor. You can add more coconut (I use 1 1/2 cups sometimes) if you want more coconut flavor, but it changes the texture a bit. And don’t forget to turn the oven temperature down after 10 minutes! I’ve burned at least one pie that way…
Well, thank you for this! I've never seen anyone tuck the crust before fluting before. This makes perfect sense to me. I am looking forward to trying this pie recipe!! Much appreciation. xo
I used to work at a bakery here in NC. It's called a "Chess Pie" because back in the old days, pies were kept in pie safes........chests. And yes, southern accent, Chess Pie. There are several different flavors as well.
I just made this following his recipe - tastes absolutely amazing! My one small difference was, instead of using cocoa, I used cacao powder (because that's what I had available, and I knew the amount of sugar added to it, would make it sweet enough). All in all - my family loves this pie!
Very nice recipie John! They looks amazing! I just love the dessert! Pie crust and chocolate! For is dreamy! Thanks John for these amazing recipie! Have a nice day! 👍👏🍫🍫🍫💯💯
"It's Just Pie" is how the name started. That's what I was told growing up in Nashville in the early 70s. There's a long story that goes along with that, but I'll refrain. We have this for every holiday in our home. I just passed my recipe on to my daughter and one of my sons.
Now John.,...you know I love Chess Pie?..... Why you want to do that to me?.... Making it Chocolate, I'm a southern girl and am very familiar to the recipe, but you up and threw a monkey wrench in all the tastes I remember..... I LOVE this new recipe..... Thank You John.
This is what I found: Some folklore: One explanation suggests that the word is chest, pronounced with a drawl and used to describe these pies baked with so much sugar they could be stored in a pie chest rather than refrigerated. Another story is about the plantation cook who was asked what she was baking that smelled so great - “Jes pie was her answer.”
I understand the name Chess Pie came from it having the consistency of a soft cheese. But that's as odd as the descriptions you used. Also, whenever I use powdered spices, like cocoa or cinnamon that don't like mixing with fluids, I blend it with the granulated sugar, makes mixing easier.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that it's called 'chess pie' because waaaaaay back when a curd was called a cheese (regardless of how much dairy was in it) and that's what you make with the eggs and butter here. Running the pronunciation together turned it into 'chess' or instead of 'cheese' pie. and so there were many forms of this... lemon chess pie, chocolate chess, etc. Buttermilk pie and pecan pie are also forms of this.
Considering the amount of grown adults in the south who think that a chest of drawers is called “Chester drawers”, the southern accent explanation isn’t that far fetched. 😅
Absolutely agree! Other cooks always tell me "oh, you won't taste the coffee in this, it will just make it taste super chocolate-y!" So far, in over 60 years of field trials, I have always been able to taste the coffee, including in many blind or deceptive trials (yes, people will lie to me about whether they included the coffee 'this time'). And it is definitely not an improvement. Start out with good chocolate (I prefer Callebaut or Valrhona) and don't spoil it with coffee.
This is hand's down my husband's favorite pie. I have his grandmother's recipe that I have followed for years. The pie NEVER sets. Ever. Will be trying this recipe which only differs by adding 4 eggs vs. 3 in his grandmother's recipe and hopefully that will help.
Thank you John for another beautiful and delicious recipe! I love your videos! I was wondering, what would happen if you use 2 eggs instead of 4? I’ve seen variations using 2 and was curious to know how that would be different.
The pie was unnamed, but it was described as a variation of cheesecake. They say you can make a cheesecake without the cheese curd! Since then, the word "cheese" in the name was simplified to "chess," therefore making Chess Pie.
Many years ago when I was baking a pie crust I would poke it all over with a fork. That seemed to prevent the crust from rising. I have never used beans or weights.
Love you and your recipes! Thank you for having this wonderful channel! Love the cookbook too! I was wondering if you have ever made a chocolate mousse cake. I had a store bought one the other day that someone gave me for my birthday and now I am obsessed and want to make one at home but I can not find a decent recipe any where. Please help! 😁😁😂😂💕💕
chess pie is called that way because Albert Wallawickingham (1856-1912), journalist for a cooking magazine, was coming back home from buying a set of chess pieces when he stumbled upon a lady right outside her house selling chocolate pies, Albert was intrigued by such pies but didn't have any money on him. Yet the pies looked so good he offered the lady to trade his new chess set for a pie. the woman accepted and albert fell in love with the flavor. he then asked the lady for the recipe and published it in his magazine as "chess pie", where it stands as the first historical record of said recipe with this name.
I love when people teaching others something include their mistakes or when they run into something unplanned. You weren’t going to sift the cocoa powder, but there were a lot of hard lumps. So you stopped, shifted gears and sifted it. You whisked and things got a lil messy. You warned us to take it easy on the whisking.
So often we see picture perfect/edited/unrealistic demonstrations that can leave a person feeling inadequate when they attempt something themselves. Thanks for keeping it real!
I’m eloping this weekend and I think I might make this for my wedding day!
OMG Congratulations!!!
Congratulations ❤️♥️💕
Good luck!! All the best!🎉
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!! Let us know how the chess pie comes out!! 🎉🥧💍
I love this channel! John and his mannerisms are super adorable.
My thoughts exactly! He’s adorable. Very endearing.
You have no idea how much I appreciate you including metric measurements!
In the 1980s, I made several kinds of Chess Pie. Lemon, chocolate, brown sugar, and orange were our favorites!! 🎉
My great grandma called her refrigerator a chest,maybe that’s what it stands for. I have never really thought about it. I made your strawberry pie today for my parents. They loved it. Thanks for sharing.
Sing it-
eatin 2 week old unfefrigerated pie-
dumb ways to die!
This pie reminded me of Minnie’s pie from the movie The Help 😄 Hilly: what do you put in this that makes it tastes so good? Minnie: that good vanilla from Mexico…and we know the rest 😅
Dang man I was coming to say the same thing 😂😂😂 love that movie 🤣💜
@@charityfrazier8639 🤣🫣
you never fail to make amazing food!!! You are the only person i watch for recipes.. You are a fresh breathe of air and have a beautiful family 😊
As an actual southerner, I’ve never made a chess pie that didn’t have at least a couple of tablespoons of flour in the filling. My go-to pie for all occasions is a coconut chess pie; everyone who tries it says it’s the best pie they’ve had in years.
The funny thing about the coconut chess pie is that my mother used to make it all the time when I was little, back in the early 1970s. I didn’t think about it for years and years, but about a decade ago I had a memory of it so I asked my mother for the recipe. I made it and it was just as delicious as I remembered. I asked my mother where she had gotten the recipe, and she said she remembered it as having been in an old church group’s cookbook from the 1960s. She had written it down and put it in her notebook of recipes, so she hadn’t looked at the cookbook for probably 50 years.
That Thanksgiving, I wanted to see if I could find a clue as to the origin of the recipe. My mother and I dug through a cabinet full of old cookbooks. We finally found the cookbook and we turned to the recipe. It was attributed to my mother! She had no memory of having submitted the recipe; she thought she’d gotten it from the cookbook. Needless to say, we never did figure out where she got the recipe.
Now I make that pie for every family gathering, along with making my great-grandmother’s "brown-top" apple pie. I might have to throw a chocolate chess pie into the mix, although I’ll probably go with my whole-milk-plus-flour version rather than using evaporated milk. The flour just gives a chess pie its distinctive texture. It’s not supposed to be a cream/custard pie…
Imagine Homer Simpson going coconut chess pie aashhhhggg! Made my pancreas throb
I’m from Alabama, and I’ve always added flour to the filling. Whenever I order a chess pie, I assume it will have that “chess pie” texture that the flour gives it. ❤
Hi thanks for sharing your story. I was wondering how you would make it? Or let's say if I follow his recipe when and how much flour should I add? I've never made this before and never even know about this so I would love to know how you make it! The coconut version sounds super good to by the way!!!
@@Alexie24Alexie the recipe I use has a few differences from John’s here. Mine has only two eggs, uses a cup of milk (instead of the evaporated milk) and has four tablespoons of flour. The rest is, I believe, the same. I whisk the flour and sugar together, then make it the same way John shows here. To do it as a coconut chess pie, simply leave out the cocoa and add one cup of unsweetened flaked coconut to the filling after you’ve mixed the rest of the ingredients.
My recipe:
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 Tbsp. flour
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup milk
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
Pour filling into an unbaked 9" pie crust. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350° and bake for an additional 30-40 minutes, until center is set but still slightly jiggly and the top has started to lightly brown.
A few things I’ve learned after making this a bunch of times - don’t use an electric mixer to make the filling. You don’t want to whisk any air into the filling, so just gently stir everything together until smooth and uniform. Lightly toasting your coconut flakes adds a bit of depth to the coconut flavor. You can add more coconut (I use 1 1/2 cups sometimes) if you want more coconut flavor, but it changes the texture a bit. And don’t forget to turn the oven temperature down after 10 minutes! I’ve burned at least one pie that way…
@@DaveTexas thank you!
Chocolate 🍫 is my love language. ❤😋
Yes!!
Mine too! 😋
Well, thank you for this! I've never seen anyone tuck the crust before fluting before. This makes perfect sense to me. I am looking forward to trying this pie recipe!! Much appreciation. xo
I used to work at a bakery here in NC. It's called a "Chess Pie" because back in the old days, pies were kept in pie safes........chests. And yes, southern accent, Chess Pie. There are several different flavors as well.
I just made this following his recipe - tastes absolutely amazing! My one small difference was, instead of using cocoa, I used cacao powder (because that's what I had available, and I knew the amount of sugar added to it, would make it sweet enough). All in all - my family loves this pie!
It looks so delicious! I’m watching you with my son and he is very enthusiastic 🤩 ❤
Thank you for this womderful chocolate chess pie recipe. Im trying this this weekend
I followed your chocolate ganache recipe.. it was perfect.. I make miniature cakes and ganache working perfectly on my tiny cakes🥰🥰
You are so funny you just make my day I just love watching you thank you so much
Very nice recipie John! They looks amazing! I just love the dessert! Pie crust and chocolate! For is dreamy! Thanks John for these amazing recipie! Have a nice day! 👍👏🍫🍫🍫💯💯
Oooooooh I have homemade pie dough in the freezer from making quiche last week, I am totally making this for my kids this week. Thank you John :)
Odd to see a recipe I'm already very familiar with. A true southern classic at all my family gatherings
This looks like my sort of dessert! Could you do a video on Black Bottom Pie? I understand it is a USA speciality! Thank you for the video!
"It's Just Pie" is how the name started. That's what I was told growing up in Nashville in the early 70s. There's a long story that goes along with that, but I'll refrain. We have this for every holiday in our home. I just passed my recipe on to my daughter and one of my sons.
I LOVE to see unedited( mistakes) ooops!! Makes your videos even better!! We aren’t perfect ❤
"You did an excellent job! I love how you taught us to do the crust better the homemade kind! It sure looks delicious!"
I don't bake but your videos are so calming...I don't miss an upload. Lol❤❤❤❤
It looks DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! How cannot give it a try???
Looks absolutely scrumptious!
Wow! How delicious is that! Amazing pie and not too difficult to make!
adding chocolate chips or chunks is really yum in a Chess pie.
This is the third year I’ve made this for my boyfriend for his birthday.. we love your recipe ❤️
Try lemon chess pie one of these times. It’s delicious! Thanks for this recipe, looks yummy ! 😊
I just made a gluten free version of this for dessert tonight and oh my god amazing! Thanks for Canada 🇨🇦
Now John.,...you know I love Chess Pie?..... Why you want to do that to me?.... Making it Chocolate, I'm a southern girl and am very familiar to the recipe, but you up and threw a monkey wrench in all the tastes I remember..... I LOVE this new recipe..... Thank You John.
Amazing❤ you're my favorite english youtuber!🎉 I see you from Argentina 🇦🇷
This is what I found: Some folklore:
One explanation suggests that the word is chest, pronounced with a drawl and used to describe these pies baked with so much sugar they could be stored in a pie chest rather than refrigerated.
Another story is about the plantation cook who was asked what she was baking that smelled so great - “Jes pie was her answer.”
Sweet move transferring the dough to the rolling pin!!!
EXCELLENT John thank you so much bless to you nd your family much appreciated
Your southern accent was charming.🤣 My grandmother made a coconut chess pie. I have to try this.
Your recipes never a flop.
Your pie looks delicious! I always enjoy your recipes. You are so smart and entertaining!
That crust is beatiful
Every time I see a chocolate pie I think of the move “the help” great movie highly recommend
I understand the name Chess Pie came from it having the consistency of a soft cheese. But that's as odd as the descriptions you used. Also, whenever I use powdered spices, like cocoa or cinnamon that don't like mixing with fluids, I blend it with the granulated sugar, makes mixing easier.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that it's called 'chess pie' because waaaaaay back when a curd was called a cheese (regardless of how much dairy was in it) and that's what you make with the eggs and butter here. Running the pronunciation together turned it into 'chess' or instead of 'cheese' pie. and so there were many forms of this... lemon chess pie, chocolate chess, etc. Buttermilk pie and pecan pie are also forms of this.
I am caffeine-sensitive and have been wondering why there is no such thing as decaffeinated espresso powder. You can find decaffeinated espresso.
Love that southern accent - thanks for another great recipe 😂😂 😂
It looks so good , i m from Belgium and i love the Belgium chocolat , for me the best , i will try bake your pie 😊
Chocolate playlist? I’m there!
Looks delicious! I’ll have to add it to my list of desserts to make
It looks great, but how did you keep the crust from burning up on the second bake? Did you use a crust guard?
I wondered that too.
Can you use sweetened evaporated milk? If so, what modifications to the recipe are needed?
Considering the amount of grown adults in the south who think that a chest of drawers is called “Chester drawers”, the southern accent explanation isn’t that far fetched. 😅
😂😂 or desk is called dest.. 😂
Q rico un beso desde Barcelona ❤
No one in the south thinks that. Gmab. Yu people are nuts.
Yum looks so delicious I love a pie ❤you’re a happy chef John😂
My favorite pie, had to stop and check it out
For the record, people who don't drink coffee will taste the espresso powder and they won't like it
Absolutely agree! Other cooks always tell me "oh, you won't taste the coffee in this, it will just make it taste super chocolate-y!"
So far, in over 60 years of field trials, I have always been able to taste the coffee, including in many blind or deceptive trials (yes, people will lie to me about whether they included the coffee 'this time'). And it is definitely not an improvement. Start out with good chocolate (I prefer Callebaut or Valrhona) and don't spoil it with coffee.
@@GrainneDhubaloney you will never taste it
This is hand's down my husband's favorite pie. I have his grandmother's recipe that I have followed for years. The pie NEVER sets. Ever. Will be trying this recipe which only differs by adding 4 eggs vs. 3 in his grandmother's recipe and hopefully that will help.
OH I 💚LOVE 💚THIS GUY 💚
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4:52 🤯 what a tip
Really amazing, delicious n yummy. 😋😋.
Perfect for a chocolate lover like me 😋 I plan to make you banana cream pie soon too!
Thank you John for another beautiful and delicious recipe! I love your videos! I was wondering, what would happen if you use 2 eggs instead of 4? I’ve seen variations using 2 and was curious to know how that would be different.
This looks so good and delicious! Thank you for the recipe!
This looks so delicious
oh god that's so delicious😋🤤🍫💕💕
The pie was unnamed, but it was described as a variation of cheesecake. They say you can make a cheesecake without the cheese curd! Since then, the word "cheese" in the name was simplified to "chess," therefore making Chess Pie.
I am going to try this, thank you ❤
Many years ago when I was baking a pie crust I would poke it all over with a fork. That seemed to prevent the crust from rising. I have never used beans or weights.
Yuuuuuummmmmmm 🤗😉
Thank you so much Karina!!!
As a Virginian by birth, lemon chess and chocolate chess pies were a staple on holidays and pot lucks
Yes! Thanks so much!
"I love you your simply incredible!"
Gracias por la receta
He is whipping the heck out of that pie filling. 😂
Love you and your recipes! Thank you for having this wonderful channel! Love the cookbook too! I was wondering if you have ever made a chocolate mousse cake. I had a store bought one the other day that someone gave me for my birthday and now I am obsessed and want to make one at home but I can not find a decent recipe any where. Please help! 😁😁😂😂💕💕
Love this pie and you are amazing
DECADENT! Looks too delicious!
I will be making this ASAP!
Looks delicious! Can't wait to try.😋
Nice recipe
Very nice 🎉 and looks so yummy.
I love your stove.
The first time I ordered chess pie I was so sad it wasn’t cross hatched like a chess board. But it was delicious 😊
Waoo amazing recipe...
Ur recipes are awesome 👍👍👍
I never get tired of watching your videos it's honestly addictive 💕💒🌟⚜️👑🥝🥰💖🌷🤭🌸✨😊🍓📌🎂🎉❤😊🎉😊😊🎉
Hey really need to know what flour have you used to make the crust?
Yummy.......❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I made one yesterday aha that's crazy
Omg that looks DELICIOUS.
Perfect ❤
Looks yummy. QUESTION: what if I have a frozen, uncooked pie crust? Do I bake same as homemade?
Yup :) Blind bake it just like I did.
@@PreppyKitchen You need to put that in your recipe...you only mention homemade crust (I think).
U r a box of surprises... good ones though!!!!!!!OMG!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Yum! I assume if I buy pastry from the store I need to blind bake it?
John said yes to that question.
@@shirleycovey7309 tell John thanks! ❤️
This looks incredible!
Please make a pie with a Lindor filling....fillin, and with the nice crackle of tempered chocolate on top! It would be sublime.
I Love to watch your videos.. Perfect one❤
Sir,
Do you have a Rhubarb recipe you could share with us? Would appreciate it!
Thanks for sharing!😊
So if we’re using store bought pie crust we don’t need to freeze it or blind bake it?
Great video John😊😊