Custard Pie

Yesterday I made this custard pie as I had some eggs I wanted to use up and also it happens to be my husbands favorite pie. I didn't get a picture taken before it got attacked but here is what it looked like after supper!

Ingredients:

4 slightly beaten eggs

1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar or splenda.. depends on how sweet you want it.

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups scalded milk

1 nine inch pie crust ( I used the one I had in the freezer from Wallies)

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Preheat oven to 400 degree F.

Directions:

In a bowl add the 4 eggs and slightly beat them.

Add the sugar or splenda

Add the salt

Add the vanilla

Add the 2 1/2 cups of scalded milk

Add the nutmeg

With your hand mixer on low setting gently mix all of the ingredients.

Now you are ready to put the custard filling in the pie crust.  How I do it to make sure none of the custard spills out is that I place the pie crust on the rack in the oven and then use the half cup metal measuring scoop and laddle the filling into the crust that way and the amount of filling is just right for this 9 inch pie crust.. When it is all out of the bowl and into the pie crust  gently push the rack back , close the oven door and bake until done.  This recipe said 25- 30 minutes but I did mine for 50 minutes and it came out perfect.. and it was a very good pie!!