Custard Pie

7 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • unbaked 8-inch pie crust
  • 3 eggs
  • 6 to 8 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 3 c. milk, scalded
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1
    Place pastry in pie pan.
  2. 2
    Trim and flute, but do not prick. Beat eggs slightly, just enough to mix yolks and whites.
  3. 3
    Add sugar and salt.
  4. 4
    Stir in milk, then add flavoring.
  5. 5
    Pour into pie shell. Bake in 425° oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until crust browns; then reduce heat to slow 300° oven and bake 25 to 30 minutes longer or until pie is set to within 1/2-inch from center.
  6. 6
    Test by gently shaking.
  7. 7
    You can see how much of the center is still liquid.
  8. 8
    An inch of the liquid area in center will finish cooking after pie is removed from oven.
  9. 9
    Cool on wire rack before serving.

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