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Egg Custard Pie




Source of Recipe


kitty39402/"Mildred Pearce's Mom, Mrs. Nobles, recipe; over 100 yrs. old recipe"


Recipe Introduction


There are discussions about Sour Milk Pie and Buttermilk Pie, how about a hundred year old Egg Custard Pie. Here's the family one:



List of Ingredients




6 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups milk
6 teaspoons butter
freshly grated nutmeg
1 or 2 pastry shells -- See Note



Recipe



Put milk and butter in pan and bring to boiling point. Beat eggs, sift sugar and add to eggs. Do not skip sifting! Add vanilla and stir into scalded milk. Line large 12" pie pan with pie dough (or 2 small pans), brush crusts with unbeaten egg white. Pour mixture in, grate nutmeg on tops liberally. Bake at 475 for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 350 and cook until knife inserted in center comes out clean

NOTES : Needs a 12" pie crust or 2 smaller deep dish crusts