Mom's Custard Pie

Submitted by puppitypup

"We had this pie quite often when I was growing up. The first time my husband, then my boyfriend, came over to meet my parents, Mom decided to make this pie. She must have been a little flustered, because she forgot the sugar. She served him first and he started eating it without saying a word. Mom decided he was a keeper because he ate that awful pie so politely."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 pie
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 3 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 unbaked pie shell

directions

1. Prepare pie shell and chill thoroughly, at least 30 minutes in the fridge.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. Scald milk in double-boiler or in microwave.
4. In separate bowl, whisk eggs a little, then add sugar and salt and stir.
5. Add scalded milk, stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla and nutmeg and pour into chilled pie shell.
6. Bake 25-30 minutes or until all but about an inch in the center is set. Be careful not to overcook.
7. Cool completely before cutting.
8. NOTE: This recipe works best made by hand, not with a mixer.

Reviews

[sugarpea]

Dh loves custard pie. I surprised him with this one and when he finished he was grinning from ear to ear and I got the good wife gold star. It's simple, it's easy and it doesn't need any improvements. It fit a 9" pie crust perfectly.