Apple Custard Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 basic 9” pie crust, unbaked

Ingredients for the Apple layer:

• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 cup thinly sliced peeled apples

Ingredients for the Custard layer::

• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 cups milk, heated until very warm

Directions:

1. HEAT oven to 400°F.
2. APPLE LAYER: MIX sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
3. SPRINKLE over apples in small bowl; TOSS.
4. ARRANGE apples evenly in bottom of piecrust.
5. CUSTARD LAYER: BEAT eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt in medium bowl until blended. BEAT IN milk. Slowly POUR over apples.
6. CAREFULLY place pie on rack in center of 400°F oven. BAKE until knife inserted midway between center and edge of pie comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

7. COOL completely on wire rack. REFRIGERATE, loosely covered, until firm, several hours or overnight.