Vanilla Custard Recipe

Name: Vanilla Custard Recipe
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¼ cup sugar; 2 Tbsp. cornstarch; 2 pinches salt; 3 large egg yolks; 1 cup whole milk; ½ cup heavy whipping cream; 1 vanilla bean*

Instructions

Prep:3minCook:7min

If you're looking to make that thick and creamy sauce found inside of éclairs and used as a topping for dessert (also called "pastry cream"), you're in the right place. This is a super-easy and super-delicious vanilla custard recipe. The recipe calls for a vanilla bean, but you can use a teaspoon of 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract or of vanilla bean paste instead.

Updated at: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:17:41 GMT