Old Fashioned Egg Custard Recipe
A big thank you to my friend Zoë who recommended I use her grandmother’s egg custard recipe to use up a bunch of our fresh eggs. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE using old recipes.
This recipe for old-fashioned egg custard is crazy good!!
Mainly because the ingredient list is simple, and I typically have all the ingredients on hand.
Old Fashioned Egg Custard Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups milk {I used 2%}
- 6 large eggs
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- Heat the milk in a large saucepan until bubbles form around the edges. Toss the eggs, sugar, and salt in a blender and give it a few pulses until nice and smooth.
- Once the milk is hot, remove it from the stove top. Slowly add the milk into the eggs while whisking vigorously.
- Once the milk and eggs are combined, stir in the vanilla.
- Pour the custard mixture into a 9×13 casserole dish {or small custard cups} and sprinkle with freshly grated nutmeg. Place the casserole dish in a large roasting pan and fill the pan with enough water to reach about 1 inch from the top of the casserole dish.
- Bake for about 45 minutes or until the custard has just set. Be careful not to over cook.
Notes
Cool before serving. Some people like cold custard, but I like mine warm. So yummy! Thanks Zoe for the awesome recipe.