Aunt Jenny's Coconut Cream Pie

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup light cream (half&half)
• 3 tablespoons flour, all-purpose
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs seperated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup coconut flaked, divided
• 1 each pie shell (9 inch) baked, 9 inch
• 2 each egg whites (reserved from filling list)
• 6 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Scald milk and cream (heat until bubbles form at edges in the top of a double boiler, over simmering water.
2. In a small bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, sugar and salt; mix thoroughly.
3. Add to milk and cook 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
4. Mixture should be thick and smooth.
5. Lightly whisk egg yolks in a small bowl.
6. Continue whisking while pouring 1/4 cup hot milk mixture over yolks; return yolk mixture to double boiler and cook one minute longer.
7. Cool and add vanilla and 1/2 cup coconut.
8. Pour filling into pre-baked pie shell.
9. Top with meringue and and sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup coconut over top.
10. Bake in reheated 325-degree oven 15 or until firm and delicately browned.
11. Cool and store in refrigerator.
12. MERINGUE DIRECTIONS:
13. In a large mixing bowl, beat whites until stiff but not dry.
14. Add sugar gradually, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating constantly.
15. Add vanilla.
16. Pile lightly onto hot filling in baked pie shell and spread to edges so pie is completely sealed.
17. Bake as directed above.

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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/aunt-jennys-coconut-cream-pie-3556 (may not work)