Ladies' Custard

Ingredients

• 1 quart sweet milk
• 6 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Instructions

1. Boil a quart of sweet milk.
2. Beat together six eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar until light.
3. Pour the hot milk onto the eggs and sugar, stirring well.
4. Put one tablespoonful of sugar into a kettle that will hold the milk and eggs, and let the sugar brown.
5. Pour the milk and egg mixture into the kettle and let it come to a boil.
6. Put your custard cups in a baking pan and fill the pan with cold water.
7. Fill the cups with custard and set in the stove until it becomes as thick as batter.