By Lee Ann Flemming Sometimes the best things in life are also the simplest things. As far as pies go, a chess pie is just that – simple. Basic ingredients along with the easiest of preparation make ...

In 19th-century Alabama, as one of many tales goes, a freed slave made a living selling pies to her neighbors. During a time when pecans and other nuts were hard to come by, she made a sugar pie, ...

• 1 rolled out basic pie dough round • 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted• 1/8 teaspoon salt • 3 large eggs • 1/4 to 1/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour • 1/3 cup ...

Some Southern sweets -- pecan pie, pralines, red velvet cake -- are well-loved throughout the country. As someone who was born and raised in southern Indiana, I have fond memories of a dessert that ...

On a recent cold and blustery morning, one of my sisters texted a recipe for egg custard pie. She'd started Thanksgiving preparations nearly two weeks early, baking the cornbread and boiling chicken ...