Old Fashioned Baked Custard

ingredients

1
Beat eggs in a mixing bowl.
2
Add vanilla and almond extract, salt, sugar/honey, and (if desired)
3
cinnamon.
4
Slowly pour partly cooled milk/cream into beaten eggs, and blend.
5
To scald milk: Place milk in a heavy-bottomed pan on low heat. Stir occasionally until milk is just hot with steam and small bubbles appear around the edges; do not boil. Remove from the heat.
6
Place mixture in 1-1/2 quart baking dish. Set dish in pan of hot water and bake in oven at 325F. degrees for approximately 1 hour, or until silver knife inserted into center comes out clean. As an option, use buttered ramekins for single servings.
7
It is very important that the water surrounding the custard does not quite reach the boiling point, or the custard will be watery. Eggs and milk in combination must be cooked at a low temperature.
8
Remove from oven, and sprinkle with nutmeg.
9
Chill.
10
Serve plain or topped with fresh fruit or berries.