Custard Pie II

Directions

1. Add sugar and salt to beaten eggs.
2. Scald milk and water in double boiler and pour over egg mixture.
3. Add vanilla and pour at once into unbaked pie shells.
4. Fleck top with nutmeg.
5. Start pies to bake in a hot oven (450f).
6. After 15 minutes baking at this temperature, decrease to a slow oven (325f) and bake until custard gives the clean knife test, about 25 minutes longer.
7. Coconut custard pie variation: after custard filling has been poured into the pie shell, sprinkle 1/2 cup grated coconut over top of each pie.
8. Bake same as custard pie.