Coconut Cream Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 9 inch pie shell
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 3 eggs, seperated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 3 -6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix corntarch, sugar, & salt in double boiler top .
• 2 slowly pour in milk, cook over boiling water .
• 3 stir constantly until thick enough to mold slightly when dropped from spoon .
• 4 cover cook 10 minutes longer.
• 5
• 6 stir a little hot mixture into egg yolks beaten, then stir all into hot mixture .
• 7 cook 2 mins .
• 8 remove from water, stir in vanilla & 3/4 cup coconut .
• 9 beat egg whites with remaining sugar .
• 10 pour hot mixture into pie crust.
• 11 top with egg whites .
• 12 top with 1/4 cup coconut .
• 13 bake at 425 for 5 mins to brown top .