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Coconut Cream Pie IX


"Flaked coconut is folded into a custard made with egg yolks thickened with flour."
Original recipe yield: 1 - 9 inch pie.
Prep Time:
30 Minutes
Cook Time:
30 Minutes
Ready In:
6 Hours
Servings:
8

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 2/3 cups milk
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 4 egg yolks, beaten
  • 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
  • 1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Combine sugar, flour, milk and cream in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until thick and bubbly. Continue to boil for one minute. Remove from heat.
  2. In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks. Gradually stir in 1/4 of the hot mixture into yolks. Pour yolks back into remaining hot mixture stirring constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in coconut. Pour into baked pie shell.