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     Title: GOLDEN APPLE CUSTARD PIE
Categories: Pies, Fruits
     Yield: 8 Servings

     1 tb Butter; softened
     1    9" unbaked pie shell
     2 lg Golden Delicious apples;
          -cored/sliced (don't peel)
     3    Eggs
 1 1/2 c  Milk
   1/2 c  Light cream (half-and-half)
     1 ts Vanilla extract
   1/2 c  Sugar; divided
   1/2 ts Nutmeg, ground
   1/2 ts Salt

 1. Brush butter over bottom of pie shell. Arrange
 apple slices in pie shell in an overlapping pinwheel
 design.

 2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, light
 cream, vanilla and all but 2 teaspoons of the sugar.

 3. Carefully spoon egg mixture over apples. Mix
 reserved 2 teaspoons sugar with nutmeg and salt and
 sprinkle on top.

 4. Place pie in a roasting pan and place in the oven.
 Pour enough boiling water into the roasting pan to
 reach halfway up the sides of the pie pan.

 5. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 40 minutes.
 Reduce temperature to 300 degrees and bake until
 custard is set, about 20 minutes longer.

 6. Cool pie completely before cutting. Refrigerate the
 leftovers.

 Source: Chicago Sun Times, November 6, 1996

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