Chess Cakes

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
6		Egg yolks - beaten
1/3 cup	78ml	Dry white wine
1 tablespoon	15ml	Lemon juice
1		Lemon rind - grated
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
1		Pastry for 1 9" pie or 12 tarts

Recipe Instructions

Cream butter and beat into it slowly 1/2 cup sugar, reserving the rest of the sugar.

Beat egg yolks with salt until light and lemon colored, then slowly beat in the remaining 1/2 cup sugar; with a whisk fold in the lemon juice and grated lemon rind.

Combine with the creamed mixture, stirring in the wine.

Pour into pie shell or tart shells, and bake at 350F for 50 to 60 minutes until set.

Source:
The First Ladies Cookbook - 1969 . Chapter on George and Marsha Washington

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