Southern Chess Squares

Name: Southern Chess Squares
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 237 milliliters melted butter; 946 milliliters confectioners sugar; 454 grams packages cream cheese; 1 egg; 2 eggs; 237 milliliters chopped pecans; 517 grams package yellow cake mix

Southern Chess Squares might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 5g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 522 calories. This recipe serves 15. It is a very affordable recipe for fans of Southern food. If you have pecans, confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.

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All Purpose Flour

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Mix together the cake mix, melted butter and the egg. Stir in the chopped pecans. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Set aside.

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Pecan Pieces

Cake Mix

Butter

Egg

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In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time until blended.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Egg

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Pour cream cheese mixture over crust.

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Cream Cheese

Crust

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Cool in the pan, then cut into squares before serving.

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Ingredients

Servings:

237milliliters

melted butter 946milliliters

confectioners' sugar 454grams

packages cream cheese 1

egg 2

eggs 237milliliters

chopped pecans 517grams

package yellow cake mix

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Brundlmayer Steinmassl Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 39 dollars per bottle.