Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 piece)
  • Calories:
  • 389
  • Fat:
  • 20 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 12 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 101 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 266 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 47 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 7 g

Coconut Cream Pie

This is my own recipe for a pie that I make often. It's been a family-favorite dessert since the '40s, when I made several of these pies to serve a threshing crew of 21 men!

SERVINGS

6-8

CATEGORY

Dessert

METHOD

Chill

PREP

20 min.

TOTAL

20 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups milk
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1-1/2 cups flaked coconut, toasted, divided
  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 pastry shell (9 inches), baked

DIRECTIONS

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Stir in milk; cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat; gradually stir about 1 cup of hot mixture into beaten eggs. Return all to saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until nearly boiling. Reduce heat; cook and stir about 2 minutes more (do not boil). Remove from the heat; stir in 1 cup coconut, butter and vanilla. Pour into pie shell; sprinkle with remaining coconut. Chill for several hours before serving. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Jul 25, 2008

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