Soft Custard

1 egg or 2 egg yolks. 1 cup milk.

1/3 cup sugar.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

Scald milk in a double boiler; beat eggs slightly . add sugar gradually. Pour hot milk over the mixture and stir until sugar is dissolved. Then set over hot water and stir gently, over a low fire until custard thickens and coats the spoon. Remove from the fire at once, stir a few seconds and turn into a cold bowl. Add flavoring when partly cold. This custard is used as a sauce.

Baked Custard

4 eggs.

2 cups milk.

1/2 cup sugar.

1 teaspoon vanilla. Nutmeg.

Scald milk in a double boiler; beat eggs slightly, add sugar, then pour hot milk over mixture. Add vanilla and pour into custard cups or a baking dish, sprinkle top with a little nutmeg and set dish in a pan of hot water and place in a moderate oven. Bake until firm in the center which can be determined by plunging a knife through the center. If the knife comes out clean the custard is baked. Individual custards will bake in about 20 minutes. If baked in a large dish about 45 minutes.

Caramel Custard

1/2 cup granulated sugar.

Baked custard recipe.

Put the dry sugar in a saucepan over a low fire and stir constantly until it forms a golden syrup. The sugar goes through several stages before it melts and great care must be taken not to burn it or there will be a bitter taste. As the sugar melts remove the pan from the fire and stir letting the heat of the pan accomplish some of the melting. This prevents the chance of burning. When sugar is melted pour into warm custard cups or baking dish. If cups are warm, the syrup can be spread before it hardens. Pour in the prepared custard and bake. The caramel forms a sauce for the custard.

Chocolate Custard

Add 1/3 cup of ground chocolate to the sugar when making the custard, or melt 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate and add to the mixture. This applies to both soft and baked custards.

Maple Custard

4 eggs.

1/2 cup maple sugar or syrup.

2 cups milk.

Prepare as for baked custard.

Mocha Custard

4 eggs.

1/2 cup sugar.

1 cup coffee. 1 cup milk.

Prepare as for baked custard.

Cocoanut Custard

Add 1/3 cup of cocoanut to the baked custard recipe.

Fruit With Custard Sauce

Sliced oranges, bananas, cooked figs or prunes, make a very nice dessert if covered with a soft custard.

Cake Pudding

Slices of stale cake, macaroons or lady fingers can be served covered with a soft custard and make a most palatable dessert.

Floating Island

2 egg yolks.

l egg.

1 1/2 cups milk.

1/3 cup sugar.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

Scald milk; beat yolks and egg slightly; gradually add sugar. Pour hot milk over mixture; stir until sugar is dissolved then cook over hot water until mixture is creamy and coats the spoon. Pour into a serving dish and add vanilla. Beat the whites of 2 eggs until stiff, gradually add 2 tablespoons of sugar. Drop by table-spoonfuls into boiling water and cook under boiling point for about 3 minutes. Remove with a skimmer and place on top of custard. Set aside to cool and just before serving place a teaspoonful of red jelly or jam in the center of each island.