Recipe of Perfect Coconut Cream Pie

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, coconut cream pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Coconut Cream Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Coconut Cream Pie is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook coconut cream pie using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cream Pie:

1. Prepare 1 cup milk
2. Make ready 1 cup half & half
3. Prepare 3 tbs flour
4. Make ready 1 tbs corn starch
5. Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
6. Get Pinch salt
7. Prepare 3 egg yolks
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp vanilla
9. Get 1/2 cup coconut flakes (sweetened)
10. Take Meringue
11. Take 1 tbs water
12. Prepare 3 egg whites
13. Take 1 tsp baking powder
14. Get Pie crust (makes 2)
15. Prepare 2 cup flour
16. Make ready 2/3 cup butter flavored crisco
17. Get 1/2 tsp salt
18. Prepare Cold water to form dough

Steps to make Coconut Cream Pie:

1. Pie crust
2. Add salt to flour. Cut the crisco into the flour, do not over mix. Add enough cold water to form a soft dough. Do not over knead. Roll out to 1/8 inch thickness and place in a 9” pie pan. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly golden brown. Take out of the oven to cool.
3. Cream filling
4. Mix dry ingredients with the egg yolks. In a sauce pan, add milk and half & half, and bring to a boil. Add the flour egg mixture with the vanilla to the milk mixture. Stirring until the mixture is thick like a custard consistency and no lumps. Cool at room temperature. Pour into cooled pie shell.
5. Meringue
6. Add the water, baking powder and egg whites and beat on high until soft white peaks form. Top the custard with the meringue and sprinkle the top with the coconut flakes.
7. Bake pie at 400 degrees for about 7 minutes until the meringue and coconut are toasted and brown.
8. Cool at room temperature before putting it in the refrigerator.

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