Florida Sunshine Pie

From the book, Heart of the Palms. Preparation time includes all chilling time.

• Ready In: 1 hr 37 mins
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• Crust

• 1 1⁄4 cups  crumbled  coconut cookies (like Mother's brand Macaroons)
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1⁄4 cup margarine, melted

• Filling

• 1 (1 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 2  eggs, separated
• 3⁄4 cup cold water
• 1 (6 ounce) can  frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1  cup heavy cream, whipped

Directions

1. For crust:
2. Combine all crust ingredients and press crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and sides of a 9" pie plate.
3. Bake at 350 for 5-7 minutes.
4. For Filling:
5. Combine gelatin with 1/4 c of the sugar and the salt in a saucepan.
6. Beat together egg yolks and water and add to gelatin.
7. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
8. Remove from heat and add frozen juice, stirring to dissolve.
9. Chill until mixture mounds.
10. Beat egg whites until stiff and add remaining 1/4 c sugar, beating to form peaks.
11. Fold into gelatin mixture.
12. Fold in whipped cream.
13. Spoon into pie crust and refrigerate.