Baked Apple Custard

Ingredients

• 1 dozen large apples
• moist sugar to taste
• 1 small teacupful of cold water
• the grated rind of one lemon
• 1 pint milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 oz loaf sugar

Instructions

1. Peel, cut, and core the apples;
2. put them into a lined saucepan with the cold water, and as they heat, bruise them to a pulp; sweeten with moist sugar, and add the grated lemon-rind.
3. When cold, put the fruit at the bottom of a pie-dish, and pour over it a custard, made with the above proportion of milk, eggs, and sugar;
4. grate a little nutmeg over the top, place the dish in a moderate oven, and bake from 25 to 35 minutes.
5. The above proportions will make rather a large dish.