Custard recipe collection

Classic custard pie made with eggs, sugar, scalded milk, and cream, finished with warm nutmeg. A two-stage baking method sets the crust crisp before gently cooking the silky vanilla custard.

De Luxe rennet custard, an old-fashioned milk-based pudding set with rennet and dressed up with cranberry sauce, toasted coconut, orange segments, raspberries, walnuts, and pineapple. A vintage dessert that tastes like an ice cream sundae, minus the freezer.

Fruit custard pie pours a silky scalded-milk custard into a pastry shell, then tops it with fresh berries that sink and bake into pockets of jammy fruit. A simple British-style dessert with six pantry ingredients.

Ham and corn custard: a Depression-era egg custard baked with diced ham, sweet corn, and sauteed onions. A tender, savory supper that turns leftover ham into something special.

Layered custard bars with a buttery almond liqueur crust, sliced peaches, egg custard, and cinnamon almonds on top. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Maple custards baked in a water bath with reduced maple syrup, skim milk, and eggs. A silky, low-fat dessert with concentrated maple flavor, served warm or chilled.

Old-fashioned coconut custard pie made from a fresh whole coconut. Coconut milk infuses dairy milk before joining eggs and sugar in a single crust for the deepest, purest coconut flavor.

Diabetic pumpkin custard: a sugar-free single-serve pumpkin custard sweetened with saccharin and baked in a water bath. A light fall dessert for anyone watching carbs.

Raspberry trifle layers jam-spread ladyfingers, fresh raspberries and split almonds with a homemade wine-laced custard, all crowned with whipped cream. A classic English make-ahead showstopper in a glass bowl.

Old-fashioned custard pie with a lard-and-butter crust and a silky egg-milk filling dusted with nutmeg. Simple farmhouse dessert with a classic five-ingredient filling.

Stirred custard sauce is a quick microwave crème anglaise with egg yolks, half and half, amaretto, and vanilla. Silky and ready to spoon over fresh fruit.

Flaky puff pastry layered with real vanilla bean custard, whipped cream, and sliced fresh strawberries, dusted with powdered sugar. A homemade take on the classic French mille-feuille.