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1 tb Butter; softened

1 9″ unbaked pie shell

2 lg Golden Delicious apples;

-cored/sliced (don’t peel) 3 Eggs

1 1/2 c Milk

1/2 c Light cream (half-and-half)

1 ts Vanilla extract

1/2 c Sugar; divided

1/2 ts Nutmeg, ground

1/2 ts Salt

1. Brush butter over bottom of pie shell. Arrange

apple slices in pie shell in an overlapping pinwheel design. 2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, light

cream, vanilla and all but 2 teaspoons of the sugar. 3. Carefully spoon egg mixture over apples. Mix

reserved 2 teaspoons sugar with nutmeg and salt and sprinkle on top. 4. Place pie in a roasting pan and place in the oven.

Pour enough boiling water into the roasting pan to reach halfway up the sides of the pie pan. 5. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 40 minutes.

Reduce temperature to 300 degrees and bake until custard is set, about 20 minutes longer. 6. Cool pie completely before cutting. Refrigerate the

leftovers. Source: Chicago Sun Times, November 6, 1996 —–

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