Amish Bakery Custard Pie Recipes

AMISH CUSTARD COTTAGE CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Place cottage cheese in strainer and let drain for about 1 hour or until most of liquid has been drained.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine cottage cheese, sugar, flour, lemon juice, salt, egg yolks, evaporated milk, and regular milk. Mix well.
• In a separate clean bowl, beat egg whites until firm. Fold into batter until smooth. Pour into pie crusts.
• Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C), then reduce oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for an additional 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool on racks, then refrigerate. Flavor improves if served a day after baking.

AMISH BAKERY CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk in the half-and-half and cook over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat, add butter, brown sugar, and vanilla and stir until butter is melted.
• Pour into baked pie shell and sprinkle lightly with cinnamon.
• Bake 35 minutes; center of pie will not be set. Cool pie 1 hour, then refrigerate 6 to 8 hours, or until ready to serve. Pie will set upon chilling. Cover for longer storage.

CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Beat eggs well in a large bowl, then add milk, salt, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.
• Cover a baking sheet with foil and place it on center shelf of preheated 450 degree (Fahrenheit) oven.
• Place 9 inch pie plate containing the uncooked pie shell on baking sheet and pour mixture into pie shell.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 30-35 minutes more or until knife inserted comes out clean.