Best Old Fashioned Custard Pie Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400°., Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edge is golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack., In a large bowl, whisk eggs. Whisk in remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into crust. Cover edge with foil. Bake at 400° until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350°F. Beat your eggs slightly, then add sugar, salt, nutmeg, milk and vanilla extract. Beat well and pour into the unbaked pie shell. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Sprinkle the top of the pie with fresh ground nutmeg and serve.

OLD-FASHIONED BLUEBERRY CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 410 degrees F (210 degrees C). Line a pie plate with 1 pie crust.
• Beat eggs slightly in a large bowl. Mix in sugar, flour, cornstarch, milk, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt. Add blueberries; stir to combine. Pour blueberry mixture over the bottom crust.
• Roll the top crust into a 10-inch circle. Cut into 1/2-inch strips with a sharp paring knife or pastry wheel. Moisten the rim of the pie with a small amount of water. Start with the longest strips and lay the first 2 in an X in the center of the pie. Alternate horizontal and vertical strips, weaving them in an over-and-under pattern. Use the shortest strips for the edges of the lattice. Fold the ends of the lattice strips under the edge of the bottom crust and flute the crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until center is set, about 50 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED COCONUT CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Prepare and chill the dough.
• Set a rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
• Use a large nail or an ice pick to puncture one of the three eyes on the coconut (only one can be punctured so you will need to try each until you find it). Drain the coconut milk out over a bowl. Strain it to remove any flecks of shell and reserve it.
• Place the coconut on the oven rack and bake it until it cracks, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove the coconut from the oven and let it cool slightly. Remove shell (it will come away easily), then cut the coconut meat into 8 or 10 pieces. With a vegetable peeler, remove brown skin. Coarsely grate 1 cup coconut, either by hand or in the food processor, and reserve it for the filling. Process the remaining coconut until it is very fine.
• In a large saucepan over low heat, scald the milk until there are bubbles around the edges. Add the finely processed coconut. Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool completely. Pour it through a fine strainer into a bowl; press coconut to extract as much moisture as possible.
• In 3 or 4 batches, place coconut in the corner of a clean dish towel and wring out over bowl to extract all remaining liquid. (If you wish, you can toast the wrung out coconut, though it will have very little flavor remaining after soaking in the milk.) Measure the coconut flavored milk and add more milk, if necessary, to make 2 cups. (This may be done earlier in the day or even the day before and set aside tightly covered in the refrigerator.) Pour into a bowl and whisk in sugar, eggs, vanilla and nutmeg and the reserved coconut milk. Stir in the reserved coarsely grated coconut.
• Set a rack in the lowest level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Roll out the dough for the bottom crust and arrange in pan.
• Pour filling into pie crust. Bake the pie for about 45 minutes, until the crust is baked through and the filling is set, but not over-cooked. After the pie has baked for 30 minutes, check it frequently so it does not over-cook. Once the pie is wobbly textured when the pan is gently shaken, remove it from the oven; it will continue to cook for a few minutes longer after it is removed from the oven. If the pie is over baked, it will be heavy and watery. Cool the pie on a rack.
• To mix the dough by hand, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a medium mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Cut butter into 1-tablespoon pieces and add to dry ingredients. Toss once or twice to coat pieces of butter. Then using your hands or a pastry blender, break the butter into tiny pieces and pinch and squeeze it into the dry ingredients. Occasionally reach down to the bottom of the bowl and mix all the ingredients evenly together. Continue rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible. Beat the egg(s) in a small bowl and pour over the flour and butter mixture. Stir in with a fork until the dough begins to hold together, but still appears somewhat dry. Scatter a teaspoon of flour on the work surface and scrape the dough out onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth and uniform.
• To mix the dough in the food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in work bowl fitted with metal blade. Pulse 3 times at 1-second intervals to mix. Cut butter into 1 tablespoon pieces and add to work bowl. Process, pulsing repeatedly at 1-second intervals, until the mixture is fine and powdery, resembles a coarse-ground cornmeal and no large pieces of butter remain visible, about 15 pulses in all. Add the egg(s) to the work bowl and pulse ten times or so, until the dough forms a ball. Scatter a teaspoon of flour on the work surface and scrape the dough out onto it. Press and knead the dough quickly 3 or 4 times, until it is smooth and uniform. Press the dough into a disk (two equal disks for the larger amount of dough). Sandwich the disk(s) of dough between two pieces of plastic wrap and press it into a 6-inch circle. Refrigerate the dough until firm, or until you are ready to use it, at least 1 hour.
• Storage: Keep the dough in the refrigerator up to two days, or freeze it double-wrapped in plastic. Because the dough is thin, it will defrost quickly at room temperature when you intend to use it.

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large bowl whisk together eggs, sugar and salt.
• Slowly whisk in scalded milk a little at a time to prevent cooking the egg mixture.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Pour, through a sieve, into the unbaked pie shell.
• Sprinkle top with ground nutmeg.
• Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Filling will look wobbly but will set up as it cools.
• Chill thoroughly and serve with whipped cream.

MY FRIEND'S OLD FASHIONED COCONUT CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Mix eggs and sugar well with hand mixer.
• 3. Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup of the half and half; add back to remaining half and half, and stir until well combined.
• 4. Add half and half mixture slowly to the egg/sugar mix, while continuing to beat on low speed; add salt. Stir in the melted butter by hand. Add vanilla and coconut.
• 5. Pour into pie crust; bake for 45-60 minutes, depending on your oven.
• 6. Cover edges of pie crust with foil if browning too quickly. Top of pie should be a golden color.

OLD-FASHIONED EGG CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In a medium mixing bowl stir together the eggs, sugar, salt, and nutmeg until well blended.
• Gradually stir in the milk, half and half, and vanilla; mix well.
• Pour the custard into the unbaked pie crust.
• Sprinkle the custard with the additional nutmeg.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 350° and bake for 35 minutes more, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean; watch the pie crust edges; cover to prevent overbrowning.
• Allow the pie to cool completely, then refrigerate until ready to serve.

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Beat your eggs slightly, then add sugar, salt, nutmeg, and milk. Beat well and poor into the unbaked pie shell. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Sprinkle the top of pie with fresh ground nutmeg and serve.

OLD-FASHIONED COCONUT CUSTARD PIE RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Place a baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 350° F. Prep pie crust for a one crust baked pie as directed on package. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, and salt. Whisk in eggs until well incorporated. Whisk in milk; then melted butter and vanilla. Stir in 1 1/2 cups coconut. Pour mixture into the unbaked pie shell. Sprinkle pie with enough coconut to lightly cover the top (I used about 1/4 cup). Place pie on the hot baking sheet. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until center of pie doesn't jiggle when you lightly shake the pan. Cool pie on a wire rack to room temperature, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Top with whipped cream, if desired.

OLD-FASHIONED COCONUT CUSTARD PIE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Place a baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 350° F. Prep pie crust for a one crust baked pie as directed on package. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, and salt. Whisk in eggs until well incorporated. Whisk in milk; then melted butter and vanilla. Stir in 1 1/2 cups coconut. Pour mixture into the unbaked pie shell. Sprinkle pie with enough coconut to lightly cover the top (I used about 1/4 cup). Place pie on the hot baking sheet. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until center of pie doesn't jiggle when you lightly shake the pan. Cool pie on a wire rack to room temperature, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Top with whipped cream, if desired.

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Dock the pastry shell all over with the tines of a fork. This will keep it from buckling. Bake for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg. Whisk in the flour until well blended. If the flour doesn't want to blend in, pour it into a blender to whip it all together. That should do it. Set the pie plate on a tray. This is solely for the purposes of transport, since custard filling is very liquid and runny. Pour the egg mixture into the baked pie shell and move the whole tray over to the stove top. Open the oven and very carefully transfer the pie plate to the oven rack. Bake at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 325 degrees F and bake an additional 20 to 30 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool to room temperature before serving. Store leftovers in refrigerator.

OLD FASHIONED EGG CUSTARD PIE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Combine sugar, flour, nutmeg. Beat 4 egg yolks and 2 egg whites, add to dry ingredients. Beat well, add milk. Stir in melted butter. Pour in crust and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes longer. Beat egg whites and sugar to make meringue. Spread on custard and brown.

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium to large pan, bring milk to just below the boiling point--tiny bubbles will begin to form at the edges.
• 2. While milk is heating, blend eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla in a large bowl. Gradually stir in the scalded milk.
• 3. Pour into unbaked pastry shell. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
• 4. Bake on center rack in 350-degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until knife inserted near center of pie comes out clean.
• 5. Cool pie on wire rack; then chill.
• 6. NOTE: An alternative topping: instead of nutmeg, sprinkle with 1/2 cup flaked coconut.

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Prepare pie shell and chill thoroughly, at least 30 minutes in the fridge.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Scald milk over low heat. You can skip this step, but your custard will be a little "weepy.".
• In separate bowl, whisk eggs a little, then add sugar and salt and stir.
• Beat in scalded milk, only a little at a time (to avoid coagulating the eggs), stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla.
• Pour through strainer into chilled pie shell, removing as much foam as possible (foam makes the pie-top burn).
• Sprinkle nutmeg or cinnamon on top to settle any remaining foam. Best to sprinkle by hand in order to get a super-light dusting over the top; avoid clumping.
• Set pie at a lower height in your oven, not too close to the top.
• Bake about 20 minutes, then cover crust with aluminum foil and turn oven down to 325 degrees. Continue baking for another 20-25 minutes, until you can insert a knife and it comes out clean, and filling's not too jiggly.
• We prefer this pie eaten warm, but it's also excellent cold. Let it set a little before cutting so that it will keep it's shape.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 350
• Beat your eggs slightly, then add sugar, salt, nutmeg, and milk. Beat well and poor into the unbaked pie shell.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
• Sprinkle the top of pie with fresh ground nutmeg and serve.

OLD FASHIONED CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix first 8 ingredients together.
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Gently fold egg whites into mixture.
• Pour evenly into the (2) pie shells.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until pies are set.