Traditional Coconut Cream Pie

Submitted by Clever Cooking

"When you’re repeatedly asked to bring a certain dish to family celebrations and gatherings, you know you have a winner. And that’s exactly the case with this pie. Creamy, coconuty...it's all here!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 pie

ingredients

• 1 baked pie shell
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch, rounded
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1 cup coconut, unsweetened
• 1 1⁄2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

directions

1. Watch video: https://www.momsheart.net/coconut-cream-pie/.
2. In a saucepan, whisk sugar, cornstarch and salt together. Add in milk and whisk thoroughly. .
3. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk egg yolks while slowly pouring most of the hot milk mixture into the eggs,.
5. Return mixture to the saucepan, bring to a boil and boil for one more minute, stirring constantly, Remove from heat.
6. Add butter and vanilla. Stir until completely melted.
7. Add coconut, stir together and pour into a baked pie shell.
8. Let cool for about 20 minute Put a piece of waxed paper over the top (to keep the pie from drying out) and put in the fridge until is is completely chilled.
9. In a bowl, add whipping cream and powdered sugar. Beat with a mixer until thick.
10. Remove waxed paper from pie, top with the whipped cream, and garnish with toasted coconut.