Crockpot Baked Custard

Ingredients:

2 cups milk, scalded
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
nutmeg or coconut

Directions: 

Scald milk, let cool slightly. Combine eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Slowly stir in slightly cooled milk. Pour into buttered 1 qt baking dish. Sprinkle with nutmeg or coconut. Cover with foil.

Set baking dish on a trivet or meat rack in Crockpot. Pour hot water around baking dish, 1 inch deep. Cover Crockpot and cook on high for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until knife inserted in custard comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled.

Makes 5 to 6 servings.