Golden Apple Custard Pie

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Title: GOLDEN APPLE CUSTARD PIE
Categories: Pies, Fruits
Yield: 8 Servings

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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