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Quick Egg Custard
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 35 Minutes
Servings: 6
Comfort food good warm or cold. Can make as a pie as well. Baking time is reduced because milk is scalded beforehand.
Ingredients:
4 slightly beaten eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups milk, scalded
nutmeg
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell, if making pie.i use pillsbury from the refrigerated section in the grocery
Directions:
1. Mix well: eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla.
2. SLOWLY stir in scalded milk.
3. Butter small baking pan (I'm sorry, I can't tell you exactly what size as I always triple this recipe for my large family).
4. Pour mixture into pan.
5. Dash nutmeg over top.
6. Bake at 475F for 5 minutes; Then reduce heat to 425F and bake for 10 minutes longer, or until knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
7. If making a pie, pour into 9 pie shell. Let pie set.
By RecipeOfHealth.com