Shelly's Recipe

CHEESE PIE

Category: Breakfast and Brunch

9-inch pie crust, unbaked and refrigerated
6 slices bacon
Melted butter
1 cup grated cheese (half Swiss, half cheddar)
4 eggs
2 cups thin cream
3/4 tsp salt
Pinch of nutmeg
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Pinch of sugar
1/2 tsp black pepper

Fry bacon until crisp, then crumble into bits. Take pastry-lined pie plate out of refrigerator and brush with melted butter. Sprinkle bacon bits over crust. Sprinkle grated cheese over bacon. Combine eggs, cream, and remaining ingredients and pour over this. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 300 and bake approximately 30 minutes longer or until silver knife inserted comes out clean.