Ultimate Coconut Cream Pie
One of my best friends, Lynette, always makes us pies! They are amazing! My Mom loves coconut cream pie and I am excited to try this one for her. I stopped in at Christmas and Lynette was making her delicious pies. The house smelled amazing when I walked in and the pies were beautiful. They were pies that looked almost too pretty to cut! I asked her to share the Ultimate Coconut Cream Pie recipe with me, so I could share it with you!
This may look like a difficult and time consuming recipe. If may take time but you can do it. The directions are step by step and will be easy to follow. Branch out and try something new. This recipe is perfect for any holiday and is sure to create some smiles!
Ultimate Coconut Cream Pie
Ultimate Coconut Cream Pie
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Ingredients
Crust and Pie Filling Ingredients
- 1 whole Pastry for single-crust pie
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour or 1/4 C Cornstarch
- 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
- 3 Cups Milk
- 4 large Eggs
- 3 Tablesoons Butter
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla
- 1 3.5 Ounce Can of flaked Coconut or 1 1/3 Cups of Flaked Coconut
Meringue Topping
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/4 Teaspoon Cream of Tarter
- 6 Tablespoons Sugar
Instructions
Pie Crust
- Prepare and roll out pastry.
- Line a 9-inch pie plate. Trip pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge. Flute edge: prick pastry.
- Bake in the oven at 450° for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool thoroughly on rack.
Pie Filling
- In saucepan combine sugar, flour or cornstarch, and salt. Gradually stir in milk.
- Cook and stir the mixture until it is thick and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove saucepan from heat.
- Separate egg yolks from whites; set egg whites aside for meringue. Beat Egg yolks slightly.
- Gradually stir 1 cup of hot mixture into yolks. Return egg mixture to saucepan, bring to a gentle boil.
- Cook and stir 2 minutes more then remove from heat.
- Stir in butter and vanilla. Stir in 1 cup of coconut. Pour hot mixture into baked pastry shell.
Meringue For Pie
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat the egg whites, vanilla, and cream of tarter at medium speed of electric mixer. Beat for 1 minute of until soft peaks form.
- Gradually add sugar, about 1 tablespoon at a time, beating at high speed of electric mixer about 4 minutes more or until mixture forms stiff, glossy peaks, and sugar is dissolved.
- Immediately spread meringue over pie, carefully sealing to edge of pastry to prevent shrinkage.
- Sprinkle meringue with remaining coconut.
- Bake in oven at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until meringue is golden. Cool then cover and chill to store.
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I have never tried coconut cream pie before, but it looks delicious!
While this looks amazing, I have never been a fan of coconut. Probably a good thing too since Hubby is allergic.
Oh, my goodness this looks amazing! Love me some coconut cream pie!
This pie looks so delicious. It will make a great holiday dessert.
This looks really good. I am not usually a fan of pie, but this is one I actually do enjoy.
Wow! This coconut pie recipe looks absolutely delicious and yummy! The texture makes it so enticing and tempting!
I’m not really a fan of coconut pie but my sister loves it. I’ll have to share this recipe with her.
I love coconut, I bet this tastes delightful and the texture looks fun.
Oh my, this coconut cream pie looks so good 😍 I can’t wait to try this recipe!
I am drooling over this pie. And I like all the flavors in it!
OMG! That is my favorite pie ever! I have a favorite place in town to get one. Gotta go soon!
Oh my! My kids are going to love this for sure! This look so good!
I’m not a coconut cream pie fan; but this still looks really good!
Me either, but I like this one.
I can taste it, it looks so good. Thanks for the recipe.
This looks so delicious! I would love to try it! Thanks for sharing this recipe!