Johny's Coconut Cream Pie

By sybrmom

Ingredients

• Pie:
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten (reserve whites for meringue)
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
• 1/3 cup coconut
• Cooled, baked pie crust
• Meringue:
• 3 egg whites, room temp
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Pie:
In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in milk and flaked coconut. Cook and stir over med hi heat until bubbly. Cook and stir 2 mins. Remove from heat and stir a moderate amount of hot mixture into the yolks. Immediately return to the hot mixture. Cook 2 mins, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla. Pour into cooled, baked pastry shell.

Meringue:
Beat 3 egg whites and cream of tartar at high speed for one minute. Gradually add sugar, one tbsp at a time, until stiff peaks form. Beat in vanilla.

Spread meringue over pie and bake 350 degrees for 12 -15 minutes until browned.