Homemade Vanilla Cream Pie

• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1/3 c. all-purpose flour or 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 c. milk
• 3 slightly beaten egg yolks
• 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/2 c. flaked coconut
• 1 (9-inch) baked pastry shell

1. Combine sugar, flour and salt in saucepan.
2. Gradually stir in milk and cook over medium heat until bubbly, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 2 minutes and then remove from heat.
3. Stir small amount hot mixture into egg yolks and return to saucepan. Continue to cook and stir 2 minutes.
4. Remove from heat; add butter and vanilla.
5. Sprinkle flaked coconut over bottom of pastry shell. Add 1 cup of coconut to cooked mixture and pour into cooled pastry shell.
6. Spread meringue atop pie.
7. Top with remaining coconut (approximately 1/3 cup) and bake at 350u0b0 for 12 to 15 minutes.
8. Cool and serve.
9. You may substitute whipped topping for meringue but do not bake.

sugar, allpurpose flour, salt, milk, egg yolks, butter, vanilla, flaked coconut, pastry shell

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=1028092 (may not work)