Old Fashioned Custard Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 9 inches unbaked pie shells
• 2 1/2 cups whole milk or 2 1/2 cups half-and-half cream, scalded
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon real vanilla extract
• ground nutmeg, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl whisk together eggs, sugar and salt.
• 3 slowly whisk in scalded milk a little at a time to prevent cooking the egg mixture.
• 4 stir in vanilla.
• 5 pour, through a sieve, into the unbaked pie shell.
• 6 sprinkle top with ground nutmeg.
• 7 bake for approximately 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 8 filling will look wobbly but will set up as it cools.
• 9 chill thoroughly and serve with whipped cream.