Baked Vanilla Custard
Ingredients
- 3 cups milk
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Scald milk and add to eggs, sugar and salt, mixed together. Strain, add vanilla, and bake in one large buttered mold, or small ones, set in a pan of hot water, in a slow oven. Should the water boil during baking, the custard will be of a porous consistency. To test the custard thrust a silver knife through the center. When it comes out clean the custard is done.