Description
A rich, smooth tart with an easy-to-make filling and instructions on how to turn out a crust that doesn’t get soggy. “Best custard pie ever!” according to my husband.
Ingredients
- 1 (9 inch) refrigerated pie crust
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 ½ cups half-and-half
- ¾ cup 2% milk
- ¼ cup rum
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 egg white, beaten until frothy
Instructions
- Position 1 oven rack in the bottom of the oven and 1 in the middle. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Unroll pie crust and place in a 9-inch pie plate
- crimping the edge.
- Bake pie crust on the middle rack of the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- While the crust is baking
- combine eggs and sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined. Add half-and-half
- milk
- rum
- and salt; mix on low until incorporated. Mix nutmeg and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
- Remove crust from the oven and brush with egg white; bake for another 5 minutes.
- Remove crust from the oven; increase temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Carefully pour filling into the pie crust. Sprinkle with spice mixture.
- Bake on the bottom rack of the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Move the pie to the middle rack and bake until the middle of the pie is almost set
- about 25 minutes. Place on a cooling rack; it will continue to cook after it’s taken out of the oven.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 8