You are here: Home » Recipes » Lemon Chess Pie Lemon Chess Pie Recipe by Favorite Recipes Press Yield 8 servings Serve this zesty lemon chess pie at your next summer-time get-together. PrintEmail Ingredients 3/4 cup butter1 cup sugar5 whole eggs, separated Juice of three lemons Grated rind of two lemons1 unbaked pie shell Instructions Cream butter and sugar; add egg yolks and beat. Add lemon juice and grated rind. White egg whites until foamy. Fold into butter mixture. Pour into 9-inch pie tin lined with unbaked crust. Bake about 30 minutes at 325F or until mixture sets and slightly browns. Recipe reprinted with permission from the Junior League of Baton Rouge’s River Road Recipes (the Junior League of Baton Rouge, La., 1959).