Gluten Free Chocolate Pecan Chess Pie Recipe
Updated Feb 15, 2021, Published Nov 20, 2014
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Looking for a new pie to serve this Thanksgiving, or any holiday meal for that matter? Try this delicious Gluten Free Chocolate Pecan Chess Pie recipe!
Chess pie is not new, especially to Southerners, but it may be new to you. And my version puts a new twist on an old classic with the addition of chocolate and pecans.
The thing I love about chess pie is that it can be made with what I refer to as pantry ingredients – sugar, butter, cornmeal, and eggs. And in this version I tossed in other things I tend to have on hand such as cocoa powder, vanilla, and pecans.
This pie is rich and chocolaty, I recommend you start off with a small slice. And then I recommend you have another small slice!
Recipe Notes: You can make your own pie crust following my directions for perfect gluten free pie crust or you can now find frozen gluten free pie crusts in health food stores almost everywhere. I love the mellow sweetness that Wholesome! Organic Cane Sugar adds to this pie but if you want to make it refined sugar free, try using coconut palm sugar instead. To make the pie dairy free, use dairy free buttery sticks instead of butter. If you are concerned about using bourbon in this recipe – just leave it out and add another teaspoon of vanilla.
Gluten Free Chocolate Pecan Chess Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups Wholesome! Organic Cane Sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 stick, ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon bourbon - optional
- 4 large eggs
- 1½ tablespoons gluten free cornmeal
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 unbaked gluten free pie crust, 9-inch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine the sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat for a few seconds to combine. Add the melted butter and beat on high until combined. Add the vanilla, bourbon, eggs, and cornmeal. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes.
- Pour the mixture into the pie crust, sprinkle the chopped pecans over the top and bake for 1 hour. Let cool.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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great recipes
Thank you Eunice, I’m happy you’re enjoying them.
xo,
Carol
what can I substitute for the cornmeal?
Hi Tammy,
You can use rice flour, gluten-free oat flour or ground oats as a substitution. Of course these replacements aren’t going to give you the same taste as cornmeal but that doesn’t effect the use in baking with them.
xo,
Carol
Hi there,
Could I use Almond or Coconut flour instead of cornmeal?
Thanks,
Sally
Hi Sally,
The cornmeal is there mostly for texture, so you could try leaving it out and see how that works. Or, I’ve heard ground gluten-free oats can usually work as a substitute for cornmeal. Coconut flour absorbs a lot of moisture and often needs much more liquid than other types of flours/meals/starches, so I do not recommend that as a substitute. Hope this helps! Let me know how it goes.
xo,
Carol
I’m just a Harry…
Sitting across from a Sally…
And wishing I had ordered the Cobb salad (with the dressing on the side), too.