Texas Sweet Tea Pie #SummerDessertWeek

This post and recipe was created for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine.

This sweet and tart chess pie is flavored with brewed tea, fresh lemon, and lots of Dixie Crystals sugar! Top with homemade whipped cream and you have a delicious Texas inspired summer dessert!

{We Southern’s love our sweet tea but Texans- wow- they love it A LOT!}

Welcome to the 2nd Annual #SummerDessertWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife. This sweet week-long event is filled with fun dessert recipes from amazing bloggers and some great giveaways from our generous sponsors! We can’t wait to share all of these summer-themed desserts with y’all and celebrate summertime sweets all week long!

There are 23 wonderful bloggers participating in this year’s event! With over 60 recipes being shared this week we just know that you’re going to find a new summer favorite! Plus, don’t forget that we have 5 (five)great giveaways for you this week too! Scroll down to take a look!

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Ingredients:

Makes one 9 inch pie

1 frozen pie crust, thawed
1 cup {2 sticks}unsalted butter, softened
2 cups Dixie Crystals sugar
1 3/4 cups flour
3 egg yolks
1 cup brewed tea, cooled
1 teaspoon lemon zest
juice from 1/2 a lemon
2 1/2 teaspoons cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
whipped cream, for topping

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Roll out pie crust and press into a 9 inch pie plate.
Crimp edges with a fork and chill until ready to bake.
Add butter and sugar to a large mixing bowl and beat until fluffy.
Add yolks one at a time and mix on low.
Now add cooled tea, lemon zest and lemon juice and mix well.
Stir in flour, salt and cornmeal until it’s all combined.
Pour into pie crust and place on a baking sheet.
Bake 45-55 minutes or until crust is golden and pie is set.
You can chill until ready to serve or let sit for at least 10 minutes at room temp.
Slice and top with whipped cream.

Add two tea bags to 4 cups boiling water then remove from heat and let them steep for 5 minutes.

You will need 1 cup cooled tea for this pie. Use the rest to make a tall glass of iced tea!

You will need 2 heaping cups of Dixie Crystals/Imperial Sugar for this recipe.

You can never have too much sugar in sweet tea, right?!

Sometimes I make my own crust but in a pinch I use these frozen dough pucks.
They are from a local Texas bakery and sold at our grocery stores here in Texas.

Roll our thawed dough then press into a 9 inch pie plate.
Crimp edges with a fork.