Cleaning Out the Freezer: Recipe #2

I am not sure if this really counts.  Only one item came out of the freezer but even so, it is one thing that is out and put to good use! 

A friend from work gave me this recipe last spring and has allowed me to share it here.  It is for a rhubarb custard pie but she said it could be used with any type of fruit.  I had some strawberries left after jam that had a few soft spots.  I thought of this recipe, sliced them up, and gave it a try! 

Fruit Custard Pie

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 Tbsp flour

2 Tbsp melted butter

1/2 tsp salt

Combine all ingredients and with 1 qt fruit.  Bake in pie shell until brown and almost set.

Now you are probably wondering what I pulled from the freezer...pie crust!  Not your typical, buttery, flaky pie crust.  No, I found a log of sugar cookie dough that was leftover from a large batch of cookies some time ago.  I thawed out the dough, rolled it, and used it as my pie crust. 

This pie was very sweet and the cookie crust gets a bit too crunchy from extended baking but it was a very nice touch to this sweet concoction.  The syrupy goodness of the pie filling was balanced by the crunch of the crust.  A pie crust shield or some aluminum foil around the edges will definitely help the crust from getting too dark.  I didn't get a picture of the pie before it was devoured with some ice cream.  My husband freely shared that this was a pretty good recipe.  If I get a unprompted compliment about food from him, it means he really enjoyed it!