Coconut Pie

By Dolphl1970

Ingredients

• 3 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks (save whites for meringue)
• Sprinkle of salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 4 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Approximately 1/4 cup coconut flakes (I don't measure the coconut, Norma says)
• Prepared pie crust

Preparation

Step 1

Save out a little milk. Put the rest of the milk in a double boiler and heat. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks. Mix in the milk you saved and salt. Add sugar and stir. Add cornstarch and beat. Stir mixture into hot milk.

Cook on stovetop. Add vanilla and coconut. Put coconut cream filling in baked and cooled pie shell. Make meringue (instructions below).

To Make Meringue:


Beat egg whites until stiff. Add 2 tablespoons sugar
Put on top of pie and sprinkle coconut on top
Put pie in 375 degree oven to brown meringue