Traditional coconut cream pie
Traditional coconut cream pie recipe in the pie category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups milk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups sweetened coconut flakes
- 1 baked 9 inch pie crust, cooled
- Whipped topping
- Toasted coconut
Recipe method:
- In medium saucepan, stir together sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt.
- Stir in eggs until mixture is well blended.
- Gradually stir in milk.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with whisk, until mixture boils.
- Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Stir in butter and vanilla extract.
- Stir in coconut until blended.
- Pour into baked pie crust.
- Press plastic wrap directly onto surface.
- Refrigerate 6 to 8 hours or until set.
- Just before serving, spread with whipped topping.
- Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
- Cover and refrigerate leftover pie.
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