Mom's Custard Pie Recipe

"My dad's favorite pie. Funny story - the first time my husband, then my boyfriend, came over to meet my parents, mom decided to made this pie. She must have been a bit flustered, because she forgot the sugar! Mom served his piece first and he ate a few bites before one of us tasted it and declared it unfit. Mom decided he was a keeper, since he was so polite about eating that awful pie. Use my Pie Crust recipe, or my sister Lauren's if you're a beginner, both under my recipes."

Original is 8 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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1 unbaked (9 inch) pie shell (chilled)
2 cups milk
3 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (95.5 g)
Calories 118.3
Total Fat - 4 g
Saturated Fat - 1.8 g
Cholesterol - 84.9 mg
Sodium - 167 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 15.7 g
Dietary Fiber - 0 g
Sugars - 15.6 g
Protein - 4.6 g
Calcium - 82.6 mg
Iron - 0.4 mg
Vitamin C - 0 mg
Thiamin - 0 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Scald milk in double-boiler or microwave. If microwave, make sure container is only half full. Make rest of recipe by hand, not in a mixer.

Step 2

In separate bowl, whisk eggs a little, then add sugar and salt and stir. Temper egg mixture with a little scalded milk. (To temper, add a small amount of hot milk to eggs, stirring constantly. Repeat until eggs have heated enough to add milk.)