Description
This Christmas Eve Cinnamon-Vanilla Creamy Custard Pie is a holiday dessert dream with a silky vanilla custard filling, warm cinnamon notes, and a buttery pie crust. Perfect make-ahead pie for Christmas, festive custard recipe, vanilla custard pie, creamy pie dessert for the holidays.
Ingredients
2 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 9-inch pie crust (pre-baked)
Instructions
1. Pre-bake your pie crust and let it cool completely.
2. In a saucepan, combine milk, cream, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Heat until steaming.
3. In a bowl, whisk eggs with cornstarch until smooth.
4. Temper the eggs by adding some hot milk mixture slowly while whisking.
5. Return mixture to saucepan and whisk until custard thickens.
6. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
7. Pour custard into pie crust, cool to room temperature, then chill for 4 hours or overnight.
8. Garnish with cinnamon or whipped cream before serving.
Notes
Make sure to fully cool the pie crust before adding the custard.
Use whole milk and heavy cream for the creamiest texture.
Chill the pie overnight for best flavor and consistency.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake (with cooked custard)
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 105mg