Baked Custard

ellie_'s Note:

This was my favorite dessert that my grandmother used to make and my family loves it too. We always serve it cold and as it has a long oven time we usually have it in the fall/winter. Recipe source: local newspaper.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300°F.
2. Combine eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla in a bowl, mixing until smooth.
3. Pour into six ramekin dishes or custard cups.
4. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
5. In a large baking dish filled half-way up with water, place custard cups.
6. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until knife comes out clean when inserted into middle of one of the custards.
7. Refrigerate until serving time.

Reviews

[*pink*]

This is a great egg custard! Nice and sweet and creamy. I used this recipe to make them in little wonton cups to make little bite size sweet/savory appetizers. Next time I will make them in custard cups as a dessert with fresh berries. Thanks for the recipe!

[djmastermum]

This is wonderful. I can see myself making this often. Sweet and creamy ... YUM!

[Greg: Barrow, Alaska]

Sorry, I usually like to say something positive, but this recipe was bland and had poor texture. I have made custard with cream before and this did not measure up. I will not try it again.