Old Fashioned Silky Creamy Custard Pie

By bonnje

Ingredients

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
• 4 large eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 /4 cup sugar
• 1 /4 teaspoon salt
• 1 /4 teaspoon nutmeg

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from smalltownwoman.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In small bowl separate one egg white from egg yolk reserving both.

Brush crust with beaten egg white and pre-bake for 7-8 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes.

In large bowl whisk together 3 eggs plus the one spare yolk and whatever is left from the beaten egg white , sugar, salt, vanilla, cream and milk.

Pour egg mixture into piecrust and sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack. Store in refrigerator.