Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Perfect Coconut Cream Pie

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, coconut cream pie. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Coconut Cream Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Coconut Cream Pie is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook coconut cream pie using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cream Pie:

1. Get 1 cup milk
2. Prepare 1 cup half & half
3. Make ready 3 tbs flour
4. Take 1 tbs corn starch
5. Get 1/2 cup sugar
6. Get Pinch salt
7. Make ready 3 egg yolks
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp vanilla
9. Make ready 1/2 cup coconut flakes (sweetened)
10. Get Meringue
11. Make ready 1 tbs water
12. Take 3 egg whites
13. Get 1 tsp baking powder
14. Prepare Pie crust (makes 2)
15. Take 2 cup flour
16. Get 2/3 cup butter flavored crisco
17. Take 1/2 tsp salt
18. Prepare Cold water to form dough

Steps to make Coconut Cream Pie:

1. Pie crust
2. Add salt to flour. Cut the crisco into the flour, do not over mix. Add enough cold water to form a soft dough. Do not over knead. Roll out to 1/8 inch thickness and place in a 9” pie pan. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly golden brown. Take out of the oven to cool.
3. Cream filling
4. Mix dry ingredients with the egg yolks. In a sauce pan, add milk and half & half, and bring to a boil. Add the flour egg mixture with the vanilla to the milk mixture. Stirring until the mixture is thick like a custard consistency and no lumps. Cool at room temperature. Pour into cooled pie shell.
5. Meringue
6. Add the water, baking powder and egg whites and beat on high until soft white peaks form. Top the custard with the meringue and sprinkle the top with the coconut flakes.
7. Bake pie at 400 degrees for about 7 minutes until the meringue and coconut are toasted and brown.
8. Cool at room temperature before putting it in the refrigerator.

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