Egg Custard Pie

Title: Egg Custard Pie
Subject: eggs; sugar; salt; nutmeg; milk; pie shell
Description: Card 1 Front of recipe RCA0009-20260629-0028

Egg Custard Pie

Ingredients:

3 or 4 eggs
2/3 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups of scalded milk (heat milk but do not boil!!)
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

1. In a medium bowl, beat eggs, sugar, salt and nutmeg until sugar is dissolved.
2. Add scalded milk and stir.
3. Pour mixture into pie shell
4. Bake for 10 minutes at 425°
5. Reduce heat to 350° and bake for another 10 minutes or until done.
6. To check for doneness, insert knife tip into center of pie.
If knife comes out clean, custard is done.

Card 1 Back of recipe RCA0009-20260629-0028

Zella Botner, aged 83, taught
herself to cook with the help of her
dad who raised her. Zella said she
does not remember her mother; she
died when Zella was just three
years old. Zella married at age 24
and remembers eating Egg Custard
Pie at her mother-in-law's house.

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# Egg Custard Pie

*Recipe from the kitchen of Zella Botner*

*Zella Botner, aged 83, taught herself to cook with the help of her dad who raised her. Zella said she does not remember her mother; she died when Zella was just three years old. Zella married at age 24 and remembers eating Egg Custard Pie at her mother-in-law's house.*

## Ingredients

- 3 or 4 eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 cups scalded milk (heat milk but do not boil!!)
- 1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

## Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, beat eggs, sugar, salt, and nutmeg until sugar is dissolved.
2. Add scalded milk and stir.
3. Pour mixture into pie shell.
4. Bake for 10 minutes at 425°F.
5. Reduce heat to 350°F and bake for another 10 minutes or until done.
6. To check for doneness, insert knife tip into center of pie. If knife comes out clean, custard is done.
Creator: Barb Washburn
Source: RCA0009 - From Loan Ledger to Kitchen: The Barb Washburn Collection (Family)
Date: 1960s
Contributor: Zella Botner
Rights: Personal/Family
Format: Typed recipe card
Identifier: RCA0009-20260629-0028
Coverage: Washington, US Wisconsin, US