Coconut Cream Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 slightly beaten egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
• 1 9 inch pie crust, baked
• 2 cups fat-free whipped topping
• 1/3 cup unsweetened flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, mix sugar, flour or cornstarch and salt; gradually stir in milk; over medium heat, cook, stirring until bubbling; cook 2 minutes; remove from heat.
• 2 temper eggs by slowly adding a moderate amount of cooked mixture to them while stirring; pour back into saucepan.
• 3 cook another 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from heat; stir in butter, vanilla and 1 cup coconut.
• 4 pour into cooled pie shell and cool; top with whipped topping.
• 5 place 1/3 cup coconut on baking sheet and bake at 350° until lightly toasted, 5-8 minutes; sprinkle on whipped topping.