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bea's coconut custard pie

(5 ratings)
Recipe by
Bea L.
Emerald Isle, NC

This is one of my husband's favorite pies. His mother gave me this recipe when my husband and I were first married. I've never had it to fail. Her recipe called for one cup of coconut but I cut back to 3/4 cup because it makes the pie more moist.

(5 ratings)
cook time 35 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For bea's coconut custard pie

  • 1 c
    granulated sugar
  • 1/2 c
    evaporated milk
  • 1 stick
    real butter, melted
  • 1/2 tsp
    pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp
    coconut extract
  • 3/4 c
    flaked coconut
  • 3
    eggs, slightly beaten
  • 9" raw pie shell

How To Make bea's coconut custard pie

  • 1
    Set out pie crust & eggs until room temperature. Melt butter in microwave. In a small bowl, beat eggs slightly and set aside. Add a little egg white in bottom of pie curst. Preheat oven to 350.
  • 2
    Combine sugar and evaporated milk in medium size bowl. Add melted butter and both extracts and mix well. Add eggs to mixture and combine well. Fold in coconut and pour into pie shell. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes then put pie shield on outter crust. Continue baking for an additional 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Also remove pie shield.

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