Apple Custard
Origin: Clarksville, Tennessee
Source: Martha McCulloch-Williams, 1913
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 quart apple
- nutmeg or vanilla
- pie crusts
- raisins
- citron
Instructions
- Beat four eggs very light with three cups sugar, one cup butter, and cup and a half rich milk — the richer the better.
- Stir in at the very last one quart grated apple.
- Flavor with nutmeg or vanilla, and bake in crusts.
- If wanted richer, dot raisins seeded and soaked in whiskey, or shred citron, over the top before baking.