Chess pie is a traditional Southern category of pies. This wintertime variation is made with lots of fresh lemon juice, fresh lemon zest, and a splash of buttermilk. It gets baked up in a flaky, all-butter crust, made with Vermont Creamery Cultured Butter*, for a sunny treat on a cold day.
*Vermont Creamery’s Unsalted Cultured Butter with 82% butterfat—our go-to butter—brings rich cultured flavor to our all-butter pie crusts. It’s earned serious praise too—2nd-Place winner at the 2026 American Cheese Society (ACS) Competition and a near perfect score of 99.95 out of 100 at the 2024 World Championship Cheese Contest.
