Prize Custard Pie

• 2 1/2 c. milk, scalded
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• nutmeg
• 1 unbaked pie shell (in a 9-inch glass plate)

1. Preheat oven to 475u0b0.
2. Combine scalded milk, sugar and salt. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
3. Gradually add milk mixture to slightly beaten eggs, stirring until well blended.
4. Stir in vanilla.
5. Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell.
6. Sprinkle top generously with nutmeg.
7. Bake on center shelf of oven, which has been preheated to 475u0b0 for 5 minutes.
8. Reduce heat to 425u0b0 and continue to bake 10 to 20 minutes or until done.
9. (Filling should feel fairly firm to a light touch of the fingertip.
10. Don't overbake.)
11. Cool to room temperature and serve.
12. High beginning temperature and glass pie plate will eliminate soggy, underdone crust.

milk, sugar, salt, eggs, vanilla, nutmeg, unbaked pie shell

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=186844 (may not work)