peggy's coconut pie
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This pie is in rememberince of Peggy, who passed away last month. She gave me this recipe over 30 years ago. Everyone says, I make the best coconut pie. All thanks to Peggy.
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prep time
10 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
6 to 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 - egg yolks, reserve whites
- 5 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 can coconut
- 1/2 teaspoon real vanilla flavoring
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut flavoring
- 1 - baked 9 inch deep-pie crust
- 6 tablespoons sugar for meringue
- 1 tablespoon butter
How To Make peggy's coconut pie
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Step 1sift flour into sugar, blend with egg yolks. Slowly stir in milk to keep out lumps.
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Step 2Cook in double boiler until thick. Remove from heat add flavoring, butter and almost all the can of coconut (save some to sprinkle on top of the meringue) pour into baked pie crust
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Step 3Beat egg whites until stiff, then beat in 1 tablespoon of sugar at a time. Spread over hot pie filling. Sprinkle coconut over top of meringue and brown in the oven.
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