Coconut Cream Pie
Recipe from Midwest Living

Toasting the coconut for this creamy pie brings out a rich, nutty flavor. It's a favorite dessert any time of year.


Coconut Cream Pie

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Servings: 8 servings
Prep Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins
 
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Ingredients
  • 2-2/3  cups
    milk
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  • 1  cup
    sugar
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  • 1/3  cup
    cornstarch
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  •   Dash
    salt
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  • 2  beaten
    eggs
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  • 1  tablespoon
    vanilla
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  • 1-1/2  cups
    coconut, toasted
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  • 1  recipe
    Baked Pastry Shell (see recipe below)
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    Whipped cream (optional)
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Directions
1.
Prepare Baked Pastry Shell. Cool. Meanwhile, for filling, in 2-quart saucepan, cook and stir the milk, sugar, cornstarch, and salt over medium-high heat until bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
2.
Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into the beaten eggs. Return all of the mixture to the saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil; reduce heat. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla.
3.
Sprinkle coconut into pastry shell. Top with filling. Cover with plastic wrap and chill about 3 hours or until set. To serve, dollop with whipped cream and sprinkle with additional coconut, if you like. Makes 8 servings.

Baked Pastry Shell
Stir together 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in 1/3 cup shortening until pieces are pea-size. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cold water over part of the mixture; gently toss with a fork. Push moistened dough to the side of the bowl. Repeat moistening dough, using 1 tablespoon cold water at a time, until all the dough is moistened (4 to 5 tablespoons cold water total). Form dough into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten dough. Roll dough from center to edge into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. To transfer pastry, wrap it around the rolling pin. Unroll pastry into a 9-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pie plate, being careful not to stretch pastry. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold under extra pastry. Crimp edge as desired. Generously prick bottom and side of pastry in pie plate with a fork. Prick all around where bottom and side meet. Line pastry with a double thickness of foil. Bake in a 450 degree F oven for 8 minutes. Remove foil. Bake 5 to 6 minutes more or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.

Cherry Cream Pie
Prepare pie as directed, except omit coconut and spread 1 cup of canned cherry pie filling in bottom of pastry shell.

Butterscotch Cream Pie
Prepare pie as directed, except omit the coconut and add 1 cup butterscotch-flavored pieces to the filling with the vanilla, stirring until melted.

Nutrition information
Calories 381, Total Fat 16 g, Saturated Fat 8 g, Cholesterol 59 mg, Sodium 145 mg, Carbohydrate 53 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 7 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 5%, Vitamin C 1%, Calcium 11%, Iron 8%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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