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4.56 from 120 votes

Baby Custard

A simple homemade sugar-free custard recipe perfect for babies
Prep Time3 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time8 minutes
Course: Baby Food Recipes, desserts
Cuisine: New Zealand
Keyword: baby custard, egg yolk custard, homemade custard, sugar free custard
Calories: 69kcal
Author: Stacey

Ingredients

  • 165 Mililitres milk Two thirds of a cup
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon cornflour

Instructions

  • Check the notes below for some of the optional ingredients before you start
  • Heat the milk in a small saucepan, you want to bring it just to the boil
  • While the milk is heating whisk the egg yolk and cornflour together to form a paste in a heat proof bowl
  • Remove the hot milk from the heat and pour this over the egg yolk and cornflour paste, whisking until its well combined
  • Return the milk to the saucepan and continue to heat over a low heat until the custard thickens, stirring regularly
  • Stir through a fruit purée to sweeten

Notes

  • When you add the yolk and cornflour make sure you whisk continuously otherwise you can end up with lumps or scrambled eggs
  • When you return the milk mix to the heat to thicken, make sure the heat is low and you don't reboil the milk, this will make thin custard.

Flavouring

  • Sweeten this baby custard with a fruit puree: apple puree, pear puree or blueberry puree, mashed banana or banana puree are all lovely.
  • Cinnamon and vanilla extract are also lovely additions, these can be whisked into the milk before you heat it.
How to make dairy-free custard?
I've tested this recipe with a few different milk alternatives and it has worked well with soy, rice and almond milk. My suggestion would be adding an extra teaspoon of cornflour to the mix as some of the alternative milks do not thicken quite as easily. So try 2 teaspoon of cornflour instead of 1 tsp.
How to make egg-free custard?
If you are not using egg you will need 3 teaspoons of cornflour. This is known as blancmange.
How to make egg yolk custard?
To make an egg yolk custard without other thickeners you will need to use more egg yolk. If you are not using cornflour you will need 2 egg yolks
Can I use breast milk to make baby custard?
I also get asked how to make custard with baby formula or how to make custard with breastmilk. The answer is easy, stick to this same recipe. You can substitute milk for infant formula or expressed breast milk. As with my suggestion of using a little extra cornflour for alternative milk, I would do the same with formula and breastmilk. Either add some extra cornflour or use a little less volume so that there is less to thicken.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 47mg