Helen's Coconut Cream Pie
- 34 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3 egg yolks, beaten
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon real vanilla
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1 (9 inch) pie shells
- Combine sugar, corn starch and salt, gradually stir in milk and cook over medium heat as this burns easily until it boils and thickens.
- Remove from heat and stir in a small amount of egg at a time and return to heat for about 2 minutes.
- Then remove from heat and add butter, vanilla and coconut.
- Let cool!
- Pour into baked pie shell and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- You can put meringue on if you like and baked until peaks are brown.
- Or you can just sprinkle coconut flakes on top and brown.
- This is what Helen Bobe did as most of us didnt like meringue!
- Variations:.
- Banana Cream Pie: The best thing about this recipe is that you can also make banana cream pie by slicing bananas over pie crust and pour sauce less coconut over bananas and bake!
- Butterscotch Pie: Helen Bobe made this recipe for William Edward Bobe her favorite son because he didnt like coconut pie!
- Omit coconut, use 1 cup of brown sugar and add 1 Tablespoon of additional butter.
- Chocolate Pie: Increase sugar to 1 cup, add 4 Tablespoons of cocoa to the sugar and flour before adding milk!
sugar, cornstarch, salt, milk, egg yolks, butter, vanilla, flaked coconut, pie shells
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/helens-coconut-cream-pie-463928 (may not work)