Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie + Video

Have you ever had Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie? Want to make it at home? Use this recipe and video to learn how to make Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie.

Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie is one of those pie recipes that are often handed down from family member to family member. Many people only get to try it when they order it from a restaurant. With this recipe, you can make it at home, whenever the craving hits.

What to Serve with Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie

If you are making this Old Fashion pie for guests, you might want to know what else to make. I would like to suggest:

• Lemon Garlic Chicken
• Cracker Barrel Baby Carrots
• Tomato Cucumber Greek Pasta Salad
• 3 Ways to Make Cold Brew Coffee

Variations to Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie

There are not too many ways to change up your pie. You can add:

• Toasted Coconut: You can make a coconut custard pie by adding coconut to this pie
• Whipped Cream: You can always top this pie with homemade whipped cream.

Ingredients For Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie

• unbaked pie shell
• eggs
• sugar
• vanilla
• hot milk
• nutmeg

Watch me make it live…

How to Make Old Fashion Custard Pie

Preheat oven to 350°.Place pie shell in the pie dish and pierce with a fork to ensure the crust doesn’t bake up.

Place pie shell in oven and cook for 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Meanwhile, work on your custard. Place eggs in bowl and beat.

Add in sugar, salt, and nutmeg.

Next, add in scalded milk and slowly drizzle it in. Otherwise, you end up cooking your eggs.

TIP: if you want a more yellow color, add in a few drops of yellow food coloring.

Pour custard into the pie crust. Bake at 400° for 30-35 minutes or until a knife/toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of your egg custard pie.

Cool before serving.

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Egg Custard Pie Old Fashioned Recipe

Have you ever had Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie? Want to make it at home? Use this recipe and video to learn how to make Old Fashion Egg Custard Pie.  

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Egg Custard Pie

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings 8

Ingredients

• 9 ” unbaked pie shell
• 3 eggs
• ¾ c sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 ½ c hot milk heat milk to just before boiling
• ½ tsp nutmeg

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Place pie shell in a pie dish and pierce with a fork to ensure the crust doesn’t bake up.
• Place pie shell in oven and cook for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
• Meanwhile, work on your custard.
• Place eggs in bowl and beat.
• Add in sugar, salt, and nutmeg.
• Next, add in scalded milk and slowly drizzle it in. Otherwise, you end up cooking your eggs.
• TIP: if you want a more yellow color, add in a few drops of yellow food coloring.
• Pour custard into the pie crust.
• Bake at 400° for 30-35 minutes or until a knife/toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of your egg custard pie.
• Cool before serving.