coconut cream pie

Name: Coconut Cream Pie
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) plus 2 tsp cornstarch; 1/8 tablespoon(s) salt; 3 - egg yolks; 3 cup(s) milk; 1 1/2 tablespoon(s) butter (not margarine); 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1/2 to 3/4 cup(s) coconut; 1 - pastery shell pre cooked

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Jody Farmer

Fort Worth, TX

Updated on Dec 19, 2011

A Personal Holiday Favorite

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I added whipped cream topped with roasted coconut. Yum

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yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tsp cornstarch
1/8 tablespoon salt
3 - egg yolks
3 cups milk
1 1/2 tablespoons butter (not margarine)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 to 3/4 cups coconut
1 - pastery shell pre cooked

How To Make coconut cream pie

Step 1

Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in sauce pan and stir well. Combine egg yolks and milk and beat well. Gradually add to sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Cook over medium heat, until thickened. Keep stirring. Remove from heat. Stir in butter, vanilla, and coconut.

Step 2

Immediately pour into baked pastry shell. Cover with a wax paper tent and cool for 30 minutes. Then chill until firm. Add whipped cream and toasted coconut (if desired) and serve.
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