Grandma'S Egg Custard Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
3 eggs, beaten
3/4 c. white sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg white
2-1/2 c. scalded milk
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
3 drops yellow food color (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400\u00b0. Mix together eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Stir well. Blend in milk and food color, brush pie crust with egg white to keep it from getting soggy. Pour custard into pie crust. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake until golden brown.