Golden apple custard pie
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tablespoon | Butter; softened |
| 1 | 9\" unbaked pie shell | |
| 2 | larges | Golden Delicious apples; cored/sliced (don't peel) |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 1½ | cup | Milk |
| ½ | cup | Light cream (half-and-half) |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| ½ | cup | Sugar; divided |
| ½ | teaspoon | Nutmeg, ground |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
Directions
1. Brush butter over bottom of pie shell. Arrange apple slices in pie shell in an overlapping pinwheel design.
2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, light cream, vanilla and all but 2 teaspoons of the sugar.
3. Carefully spoon egg mixture over apples. Mix reserved 2 teaspoons sugar with nutmeg and salt and sprinkle on top.
4. Place pie in a roasting pan and place in the oven. Pour enough boiling water into the roasting pan to reach halfway up the sides of the pie pan.
5. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 40 minutes. Reduce temperature to 300 degrees and bake until custard is set, about 20 minutes longer.
6. Cool pie completely before cutting. Refrigerate the leftovers.
Source: Chicago Sun Times, November 6, 1996