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Baked Custard

Name: Baked Custard
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 4 eggs; ½ cup (120 g) white granulated sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 quart (946 ml) milk; butter or shortening

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serving

250kcal · 13% of your day

Protein: 12 g · 10% of 120 g
Carbs: 34 g · 15% of 220 g
Fat: 8 g · 12% of 65 g

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Fibre: 34 g
Sugar: 267 mg
Sodium: 260 g
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Calculated from all 5 ingredients by weight.

Serving size estimated by Ma Kitchen. The source gives no serving count, so the recipe is split into 5 servings of about 260 g, the usual size for a dessert. If your portion is bigger or smaller, set how much you eat above and the macros follow.

The cooking fat is not counted. The source gives no amount for the oil or butter this is cooked in. Calories and fat will be higher than shown.

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Ingredients

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4 eggs
½ cup (120 g) white granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 quart (946 ml) milk
butter or shortening

Ingredients for 5 servings (1.3 kg) · the original recipe

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Method

1
Beat the eggs, the sugar, the salt, and the vanilla together.
2
Scald the milk and add it very slowly, stirring constantly (see tempering).
3
Pour the mixture into a greased or buttered baking dish or several small greased heat-proof molds.
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4
Place the baking dish or the molds in a pan of water in a slow oven (300–325°F / 150–160°C) and bake for between 30 and 40 minutes.
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5
Test if the custard is cooked with a knife, which will come out clean when the custard is thoroughly baked.
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Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.