Each recipe below is a custard pie.

Plain

• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 4 slightly beaten eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 9-inch pie shell, unbaked
• Nutmeg

Scald the milk. Blend eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla. Gradually stir into milk. Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle nutmeg on top. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes.

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Egg

3 tbsps. sugar

1 1/2 cup sweet milk

2 eggs (beat)

pinch of salt

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1 tbsp. butter

This can be mixed by beater or by hand and can be baked in your favorite pie shell or baked without a pie shell. Bake at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes or until you can insert a knife blade which will be removed clean of custard.

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Coconut

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 4 level tbsp. flour
• 5 tbsp. melted butter
• 4 cups cold milk
• Pastry for two 9-inch pies
• 1 cup coconut

Combine sugar, eggs and flour. Add butter and milk. Pour into pie shells. Put 1/2 cup coconut on the top of each pie. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes then reduce heat to 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until done. Makes two 9-inch pies.