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Old-fashioned Baked Custard

6 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 3 large eggs, slightly beaten, or ¾-cup egg substitute
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 cups fat-free milk
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • pinch of ground cinnamon

Make it step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  2. In a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, salt and nutmeg.
  3. Slowly stir in milk and vanilla.
  4. Pour ½ cup custard into each of six 5-ounce custard cups.
  5. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
  6. Set filled custard cups in a shallow pan.
  7. Pour about 1 inch of hot water in the pan around custard cups.
  8. Bake on center rack of oven 35 minutes, or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
  9. Serve hot, warm or chilled.

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