Custard Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 slightly beaten eggs
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. scalded milk
9-inch unbaked pie shell

Preparation

Mix eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla.
Slowly stir in hot milk. At once, pour into unbaked pie shell.
Dash top with nutmeg.
Bake in very hot oven (475\u00b0) for 5 minutes.
Reduce heat to 425\u00b0 and bake 10 minutes longer or until knife inserted comes out clean. Cool on rack.
Serve cool or chill.
(To avoid spills, fill at oven.)