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Vintage Vanilla Custard Pie

The vanilla flavor explodes as you take your first bite of this vintage pie. You'll want to keep this recipe around.   

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword vanilla custard pie, vintage pie recipe, dougbakes.com
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 8
Author Doug Bakes Staff

Ingredients

Pie Crust

  • 2 cups flour, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 3-7 tablespoons cold water

Custard Filling Recipe

  • 3 cups whole milk
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 egg yolks- beaten
  • 4 tablespoon butter
  • 4 tablespoon vanilla

Instructions

Pie Crust instructions


  1. add flour into a mixing bowl with the butter.


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


  3. add salt and water.

    Mix until dough is formed.


  4. Roll the dough out on a flat surface.


  5. 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. 

Custard Pie Filling Instructions

  1. Scald milk in a saucepan


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


  3. 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.


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


  5. Continue to stir while the custard starts re-thicken.


  6. 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.


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


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


  9. Stir in melted butter and vanilla.


  10. Pour into baked pie shell and chill overnight.


  11. Add berries to garnish and whipped cream.