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Good Baked Custard

Eight well-beaten eggs, leaving two whites for the top, three pints milk; sweeten and flavor to taste; bake for two hours in a slow oven. Beat the reserved whites to stiff froth with two table-spoons sugar, spread over the top and return to oven to brown.

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Good Baked Custard

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