Recipe: Tasty Coconut Cream Pie

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Coconut Cream Pie. Follow the recipe closely including using canned coconut milk, half-and-half, and tempering the egg yolks. This Coconut Cream Pie takes a buttery crisp prebaked pastry crust and fills it with a coconut flavored cream. Coconut Cream Pie has to be one of THE best desserts ever, yes I love Oreos and the like but I would always pick this classic dessert any day over all the new trendy ones coming through!

Then, top the coconut cream pie with a little more toasted coconut.

At this point, you can either slice the pie and serve it or refrigerate it until you're ready to enjoy it!

Coconut cream pie is a diner classic, but there's no reason you can't make it at home.

You can cook Coconut Cream Pie using 13 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Coconut Cream Pie

1. Prepare 9 inch of baked pie shell.

2. It’s of Pie ingredients.

3. You need 3 tablespoons of sugar.

4. Prepare 5 tablespoons of flour.

5. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of salt.

6. You need 2 cups of milk.

7. It’s 2 of egg yolks slightly beaten.

8. Prepare 2 cups of coconut.

9. It’s 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.

10. You need 1 tablespoon of butter.

11. It’s of Meringue ingredients.

12. Prepare 3 of egg whites.

13. It’s 3 teaspoons of sugar.

Cover the coconut cream pie with plastic wrap and chill it until the filling is firm.

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Classic Coconut Cream Pie Recipe (+VIDEO)

Coconut cream pie is one of my favorites to make because it requires little effort, but final outcome is "looks-like-you-worked-on-it-all-day" delicious!

Coconut Cream Pie step by step

1. Bake 9" pie shell as directed..

2. In top of double boiler combine sugar, flour and salt..

3. Add milk, and egg yolks. Stir until smooth..

4. Add 1 cup coconut..

5. Cook over boiling water 5 minutes or until thick. Cover reduce heat cook 10 more minutes. Remove from heat.

6. Add vanilla and butter. Stir..

7. Cool slightly, pour into baked pie shell..

8. Make meringue by beating 3 egg whites until stiff, add 3 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon at a time and beat well after each teaspoon is added..

9. Top filling with meringue and sprinkle with coconut..

10. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees..

The individual components of this pie can be prepared.

My husband's all-time favorite dessert is the signature coconut cream pie served at The Capital Grille in Washington, DC.

This is the ultimate Coconut Cream Pie!

It's starts with a buttery flakey pie crust then it's layered with a rich and luscious coconut custard, fluffy whipped cream and finished with toasted coconut. "Coconut cream pie made the old-fashioned way!

Mounds of fluffy coconut-cream cheese whipped cream, creamy coconut custard filling and a crisp buttery pie crust!