Easy Peasy Custard Pie

A Piece of Cake

By Pat O’Keefe

This is one of my favorite, fast, desserts that I have been making for years.  Every time I read a cookbook there is a different iteration of this basic recipe.  It has been made with Bisquick, cocoanut, more eggs less milk, been called Granny tart, Impossible Pie, Magic Crust Custard Pie, etc.  In all the years I have been baking this simple dish it has yet to live up to it’s promise of “forming a crust.”   I continue to make it because of the simple way it comes together and the fantastic taste.  It is in essence a very easy, delicious custard pie with a pseudo crust.  I vacillate between two flavorings; 2-teaspoons real vanilla and a sprinkling of nutmeg OR 2-teaspoons fresh lemon rind and 1 teaspoon real vanilla.

Easy Peasy Custard Pie

1/4-cup butter, melted

4-large eggs

3/4-cup sugar

2-cups milk

Flavorings of your choice, vanilla/nutmeg or lemon (see above)

1/2-cup all purpose flour

1/2-teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350º lightly butter a 9-inch glass pie pan.  Put all the ingredients in a blender or processor and blend until well mixed, about 30 seconds.  Pour into prepared pie pan and bake for 35-45 minutes.  Pie will puff up and be golden brown and the center will shake ever so slightly when the pan is moved.  The custard will continue to firm up when it is cooling and there will be a slight depression in the center.  If you over cook the eggs will brake and exude a lot of moisture.  Cool and dust with confectioners’ sugar or top with fresh fruit.

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