Rhyne's Egg Custard Pie

Submitted by HeatherFeather

"A recipe I clipped from an article in Southern Living about family reunion recipes. This makes 2 pies, each pie serves about 6-8."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 2mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 2 9inch pies
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• 2 9-inch pie shells, unbaked
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 6 large eggs
• 1 quart milk
• 1 1⁄2 cups evaporated milk (one 12 ounce can)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

directions

1. Place each piecrust into an ungreased 9" deep dish pie plate and crimp edges with fingers to form a decorative rim.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Prick the bottom of each piecrust with a fork several times, then pop the crusts into the heated oven for 5 minutes.
4. Remove from oven and sprinkle evenly with nutmeg.
5. Whisk together eggs,both types of milk,sugar, vanilla, and salt.
6. Pour into piecrusts and pop into the oven to bake for 7 minutes.
7. Lower the oven temperature to 325 F and bake another 35-40 minutes, or until a knife inserted near the center tests clean.
8. Let cool on wire racks, then chill in fridge completely before serving.

Reviews

[SouthernSarah]

I've been meaning to rate this....absolutely great egg custard!!!! I had no problem with the filling ending up under the crust and it was extra creamy Ithink because of the 5 min cooking of the crust. Very easy. Deeper type pie plates work best as it is pretty full.