This recipe is a modern take on an old fashioned recipe. Old fashioned because it is a version of a simple oven baked egg, milk, and sugar custard. Modern because it contains sweetened condensed milk.
Many of our grandmothers and great grandmothers made custards because they were simple and contained ingredients they had on hand. But I doubt many of them would have made this version. I don’t think sweetened condensed milk was a pantry staple until the last 30 or so years.
This recipe is one of my husband’s favorite comfort desserts. This recipe is one that his mother gave me when we got married. It was one she made all the time when my husband was growing up. It is very easy to make.
My husband loves this when he is sick. It is not the healthiest, but he thinks of it as comfort food. This weekend he had a bad cold, so I made it for him. He was quite pleased since it had been a long time since I made it.
I also really like this. It is a simple but good dessert.
Custard Recipe
A simple old fasioned dessert that is gluten free.
Ingredients
- 4 cups hot water
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 5 eggs beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 or so teaspoon cinnamon
- Extra water for water bath
Instructions
- Whisk together ingredients.
- Take a 9x13 pan and fill with about 1/2 inch of water.
- Place an 11x7 (or about that size) pan in 9x13 pan filled with water. Mix together the 4 cups hot water, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon. Pour custard mixture into 11x7 pan.
- Like this. You are creating a water bath. This is necessary to get the correct texture for the custard
- Bake at 325 for 1 hour.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 82Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 157mgSodium: 77mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 4gProtein: 6g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
I had forgotten all about custard! My mom used to make it for us. I’ve never made it… maybe now I will. 😉
Mmmm…looks delicious. Talk about comfort food. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks amazing. Dumb question time? The 4 cups of hot water – for the bath or for the custard? I must make this, yummmmm-o! 🙂
Cheers, Kiy
Can I make a confession? I don’t think I’ve ever had custard. It looks yummy though. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve never had this before. I do make an egg custard pie for my dad He loves them, but I’m not a fan. But this sounds like something I’d like!
The four cups of hot water are for the custard part. I will fix that to make it less cunfusing. Thanks and it is not a dumb question.
Oh, I love custard! I wonder if fat free sweetened condensed milk would work.
Yum! Thanks for sharing the recipe and linking up to TMTT.
It’s been years since I’ve had custard. I need to make it again-the sweetened condensed milk sounds sooo yummy!
I think I need to make this VERY SOON! Looks great!
Sweetened condensed milk has been around a lot longer than 30 years! I am in my middle 60’s and have a recipe booklet that was my grandmothers using it! The book is called Magic Recipes and it was put out be Borden’s. It product was called Borden’s Eagle Brand Magic Milk. Considering the age of the book it’s in good condition and I still use recipes out of it!
I did not know it has been arond that long. And what a treasure a cookbook like that is!
Yes that book is a treasure, I keep it in a sleeve protector when not in use. I wish it had a copy-write date on it but it doesn’t. Just a printed in the USA and a serial number!
I just made this and baked it for an additional 10 minutes because it was extremely runny. I’m hoping this sets up as it cools because it’s about the consistency of milk.
It should set up as it cools. I hope that you enjoyed it.