add flour into a mixing bowl with the butter.

Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour.

add salt and water.

Mix until dough is formed.

Roll the dough out on a flat surface.

put foil on the bottom of the pie crust and add dry beans or pie weights

Bake at 375 degrees until brown. Allow to cool on a wire rack. 

Scald milk in a saucepan

Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a pan and place on medium heat.

Slowly, add scalded milk, ½ cup at a time while continuing to whisk. As the mixture starts to thicken, add the next ½ cup of scalded milk.

Add milk, a 1/2 until all the milk has been added.

Continue to stir while the custard starts re-thicken.

Remove from the heat and temper the beaten eggs by adding ¼ cup of the custard mixture to the eggs at a time, continuing to stir.

Once two cups of batter have been mixed with the eggs, add back to the saucepan at medium heat.

Stir the custard until it thickens and resembles a thick pudding, remove from heat.

Stir in melted butter and vanilla.

Pour into baked pie shell and chill overnight.