Old-Fashioned Egg Custard Pie is a classic, simple dessert that only takes a few minutes of preparation and uses basic ingredients you are sure to already have.
A sweet and creamy custard makes this simple Old-Fashioned Egg Custard Pie a delight to eat. This is a pie that is satisfying both during the cold weather months and the warm months and it will always be a hit. Just a few basic ingredients that you are sure to have on hand are all that is needed for this easy homemade pie.
Old-Fashioned Egg Custard Pie can be eaten either warm or cold. I prefer cold. Let it cool completely before slicing or the filling will be runny. If you want to eat it warm, heat it briefly by the slice in the microwave.
The custard filling only takes a few minutes and one bowl to mix together. It is made from eggs, butter, milk, sugar, a little flour for thickening and cornmeal for texture, and a teaspoon of vanilla for flavor.
You can use either a store bought refrigerated pie crust or a homemade pie crust.
Old-Fashioned Egg Custard Pie is a pie that’s been around for ages and stood the test of time. You won’t believe how easy it is to make and delicious it is to eat!
You can use a store bought pie crust or use this recipe for a Flaky Pie Crust. It’s so easy to make. Watch the video below to see how.
Old-Fashioned Egg Custard Pie
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 9-inch unbaked pie crust, either homemade or store bought
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix all ingredients together and pour into unbaked pie crust.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Let cool completely before slicing. Refrigerate leftovers.
Nutrition
Recipe Source:Jack Daniel’s Hometown Celebration Cookbook, Volume II
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I’m making this Tonight!
In the introduction it says that this is sometimes called a sugar cream pie. It can’t be, sugar cream pies have no eggs in them. I’m 70 years old and have been baking a long time and I don’t eat eggs so I have researched recipes and have a lot of sugar cream recipes and they have no eggs in them. It is like custard but no eggs.
I rate this pie a. High 5. So so good. It come out perfect. Thank you for sharing.
I made the old fashion egg custard. To much butter and to much sugar. I love the recipes but this one really fooled me. I had to take paper towels and soak up the butter. Also the baking time was to high. The crust burned and I really am so disappointed. Thanks again
Well,
I’m just saying if bake alot, “Like I do, you’ll follow your judgement, instinct, /experience.
My 1st Mother in Law always made these for me!
Never got her exact recipe, but she really cared about Robert Jr.
She’s around 86 years old but, still looks better than folks half her age👍🇺🇸
Da Egg Custard Queen
Ms. Helen ( Fields) Williams 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸
Love this pie.My grand ma raised me on this pie and other desserts. As yall can see this IS A VERY RICH PIE.THE INGREDIENTS ARE FOR REAL.
I tried making this pie for the first time tonight. My aunt makes the BEST egg custard pies so I decided to try my own instead. Tried this recipe and I think the temperature of 400 degrees is too high because my pie crust started to brown really fast. Also I used the one stick of butter which was a lot as well! Also why use cornmeal AND flour instead of just using one? Everything was good, but I think the temperature should be set to about 350 then it should maybe a half stick of butter instead of a whole stick. Next time I make the pie, I will decrease the amount of butter & turn the temp down and maybe it will be better.
Why the cornmeal?
I read the posts about the pie being runny . I used real butter, whole milk, and the rest of the ingredients.
Cooked it like she said, but at the end I set the oven to 350 and cooked it 15 more min. It turned out beautiful, and it set .
I haven’t made this yet but I see some posters are getting runny results. I am wondering if the problem is from low fat milk and low quality butter? I had that issue getting pralines to set and when I used heavy cream and quality butter, the results were great. Just a thought…
too much sugar can make it runny, I use my mom’s recipe and it doesn’t call for butter, flour or cornmeal and more milk and heat the milk first. Mine I make from my recipe comes out perfect every time. Where are the spices like nutmeg?????
Can I have your recipe please! My email is donishadd@yahoo.com
This pie did not come out solid like a custard pie should… I can’t find my standard recipe, and I regret using this one!
I made this recipe for my father-in-law for Easter. This was my first try at egg custard pie. It was real easy to make. However it was too sweet for us even after cutting the sugar down to 3/4 cup.
I have never made an egg custard but my husband loves it so I going to give it a try, but like one of your commenters that sounds like to much milk and butter and nott enough time to cook so i amd going to lower ny heat and cook 50 mins.
Made my first egg custard pie:) I would like a little less sugar and the pie more firm. I believe the firmness may have to do with something I may have done. Any tips on make the pie firmer? I wonder if another egg would have helped me. Overall good recipe.
DO NOT MAKE THIS. This is the worst recipe .. too much butter
Baked this pie last night. Turned out great, my husband went and bought 4 more pie shells. He wants more 😌
Can you tell me if u cooked ingredients on stove top before baking. I did exactly as stated and it never got thick at all
I was trying to pist a pic of my pie. One of my Great-Aunts use to make them. Ohhhhh; I have wanted one fir a long time. I saw the recipe last night on Pinterest and had to make it. It’s cooling can’t wait until tomorrow to tast it. OMG
Hope you enjoyed it!
I made this several times if I only had medium eggs I use 4 instead of 3, also I sprinkle the top lightly with Nutmeg .
Place it on a baking sheet so you don’t jack up the bottom of your oven 🤗🇺🇸
I made this pie last night and left it in the fridge til just now and omg is it amazing! Followed recipe exactly except didnt have cornmeal so i used quick grits and its perfect will definitely make this one again
A stick of butter? I made this pie according to the recipe and it was a mess. Far too much sugar & far too much butter.
Decrease the sugar to 3/4 cup and decrease the butter to 3 tblspns. The amount of liquid yielded is enough for a small pie pan. Double the recipe for large pie pans.
I wonder if any of the commenters actually made the pie?
I made the pie and it was a mess.. Too juicy inside.. The temperature is too high and it’s not cooked long enough.. So I lowered the temperature to 350 and cooked it for 50 minuets.. It was delicious 😀!! Turned out a whole lot better!
I doubled the recipe, and the pies turned out wonderful. Can’t wait to taste
This pie looks delicious !! I never had custard pie. I will try soon. Thanks for the delicious recipes
This pie looks delicious!! I never have a custard pie in my life, I will try soon. Thank you for the recipes.
Try substituting the egg nog at Thanksgiving and Xmas for the milk, and add a bit more cinnamon and nutmeg, makes lovely tarts for a desert table.
What a great idea Eva! I am definitely going to try that!
I do love a classic egg custard pie, and like you, I enjoy eating it cold. Thanks for reminding me how delicious it is… I have to make the recipe soon!
This pie looks delicious! Love how easy this pie is to whip up! I am such a sucker for custard and am swooning over all of these pics!
Your pie slices beautifull! Wonderful recipe and I particularly love the photos 🙂
YUM! I LOVE custard anything – this looks amazing Christin! I must make!
Love this classic pie, Christin! It looks delicious!
Oh, I am going to have to make this for my husband. Egg custard tarts are his favourite. Thanks for sharing!
This pie looks like it’s perfect in all the right spots! I don’t think I ever had a egg custard pie so I’m ready to change that!
Oh this pie looks delicious! I haven’t had dessert in a few days and I am dying for some!! haha
Looks good!
I love egg custard pie. This one is fantastic!
This reminds me of my Moms custard pie, saved the recipe because it is one of my favorites. Just looked through your pies and they are fantastic!!
Christin, you certainly know your way around desserts and your camera. Oh my goodness these photos belong on the front cover of Southern Living magazine, if they are not already. Just pinned!
You are so sweet!! 🙂
I grew up in a family that loved desserts and this was always a favorite as well as the chocolate pie. Brings back memories of family reunions and my mom and granma in the kitchen baking everyone’s favorites.
This pie looks delicious! I’ve never heard of an egg custard pie but it sounds right up my alley! And that pie tin is gorgeous! Pinned!
What a rich and delicious pie that looks like! Never tried custard pie, but it sounds like a great classic 🙂
It really is quite delicious June!
I am such a sucker for custard. LOVE this pie — and your photos are stunning as always! Pinned 🙂
I am going to comment again, because I didn’t give proper notice to the custard pie. I love custard.
This is one of those forgotten recipes, which is a shame. Thank you for the awesome reminder!
This pie look delish, but I relooked more closely at the other pies. Wow too. The Jefferson Davis pie
is really unusual. Cool!
It is really unusual. I had never tried Jefferson Davis Pie until I made this one and I was surprised at how much I liked it!
My husbands grandmother makes an egg custard pie that he loves. I’ve never tried making one before, but now I have the perfect recipe! This looks delicious!
This pie looks scrumptious! I love custards and I love a good pie. Is this similar/same as a chess pie?
No, chess pie is different, very good too but different.