My Grandmother's Coconut Pie Recipe
- 3 Eggs, seperated keep whites for meringue
- 3 tbsp Flour (leveled)
- 1 tsp Vanillia
- 1 cup Grated Coconut
- 1 Uncooked Pie Shell
- 1 1/2 cup Milk
- 2/3 cup Sugar
- Preheat oven to 350
- Place the uncooked pie shell in pie plate, prick the shell with a fork (this keeps the shell from poofing to much), bake until a lite brown colour.
- Remove from oven, set aside.
- At this point don't turn the oven off.
- Mix the following ingredient's, sugar, flour, and coconut.
- Pour the milk and the flour sugar and coconut, together.
- Cook, stirring so as not to stick, till thickened.
- Pour a small amount in the slightly beaten egg yolks.
- Mix the custard and eggs, then add this mixture back to the hot custard.
- Cook for a few minutes longer.
- Pour tis mixture into the slightly cooked pie crust.
- Set aside.
- Whip the egg whites, in a clean (be sure there is no greasy feeling to the touch) bowl.
- Whip he whites till you have soft peaks, start adding sugar by the spoonful till you can form stiff peaks.
- Spread the meringue over the custard.
- You can spread the meringue smooth or tap the back of a spoon on the meringue, forming little peaks.
- Sprinkle with some coconut over the top.
- Place the pie in the still hot oven.
- Be sure to watch so you don't burn the meringue or the coconut.
- When browned enough for your taste, remove and cool.
eggs, flour, vanillia, coconut, pie shell, milk, sugar
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/335753-my-grandmothers-coconut-pie-recipe (may not work)