Butterscotch without juice milk

I love two things most of all about chess pie — that sweet, buttery baked custard pie well-known across the South but whose reach can be tasted in everything[...]

4 ripe but firm pears 1/2 lemon 6 tablespoons butter , cut into pieces 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar 2/3 cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon[...]

6 eggs , separated 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 cup finely chopped pecans 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 Line 3[...]