Pennsylvania Dutch Breakfast Recipes

3 eggs lightly beaten
1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
1/3 cup (79 ml) sugar
3 c (0.7 L) scalded milk
1/2 tsp (2.5 ml) vanilla
Nutmeg

Pure comfort food, this custard bakes up silky smooth and rich with eggs. A classic Pennsylvania Dutch farm wife recipe.

Combine eggs, salt, sugar. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly. Add vanilla. Pour into custard cups.

Sprinkle with ground nutmeg and place in pan of hot water, bake in preheated 350°F oven for 30-40 minutes, or until set and knife comes out clean.

Submitted by Gretchen Grant
Contributed on: Tuesday May 11th, 2004 and modified on Sunday May 2nd, 2010