Community Pick
Clean Plate Coconut Cream Pie
"Enjoy!"
photo by lilsweetie
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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1 pie
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup milk, cold
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk, Scalded
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup coconut, Shredded
- 1 pie crust, baked (9-inch)
directions
- Blend sugar, flour and salt with the cold milk.
- Add scalded milk, gradually, stirring constantly.
- Cook on a low heat until thick.
- Add beaten egg yolks.
- Cook 2 minutes longer.
- Remove from heat.
- Add vanilla extract and coconut.
- Cool then pour into previously baked pie shell.
- Cover with meringue (recipe follows).
- Makes one 9" pie.
- To Make Meringue: use 3 egg whites to cover a 9" pie shell.
- Use 2 level tablespoons granulated sugar for each egg.
- Beat egg whites until stiff. (They should be glossy on top and when you invert the bowl, they should remain in place.).
- Fold in the sugar,gradually.
- Cover the pie with meringue.
Questions & Replies
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you Don't bake the meringue? -
What kind of milk, whole milk or doesn't it make any difference?
Reviews
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This pie is "delish"! I made it for the family as one of my pies for Thanksgiving and it was THE favorite! The only change I made was to bake it for 5 minutes @ 350 after putting the meringue on the custard to brown the meringue slightly! Will definitely make it again SOON!
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This pie was so tasty! Creamy and decadent. I used whipped cream and toasted coconut to top it off instead of a meringue. I have made this many times now. Great pie & really easy to make! -
The rave reviews are justified! For those who had problems with it setting, be sure to follow the directions carefully. Thickening the filling slowly over low heat and then letting it cool as directed brought me great results. Also, I let the milk and eggs sit out a bit before I started preparation. The flavor is yummy! -
This was delicious. I used fresh, minced coconut rather than shredded but it still turned out nicely. The only thing was that my filling didn't fully set up. I will be making this again soon. Used my own merangue recipe, 'tropical merangue'
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I made 3 of these for Thanksgiving dinner. Fairly easy to make. The flavor was out of this world. I made one with Meringue on top and two topped with whipped cream. the only problems that i had was that it did not really set up as soon as the pie was cut the filling was running all over the place. Non of that stopped anyone from eating it but i think next time i will just make as a pudding.
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Tweaks
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Excellent pie! Nice and thick and held it's shape once it was cut. I used homemade whipped cream instead of the meringue. This is a keeper.
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My DH loved this pie! I made it with a whipping cream top instead of the meringue because I had the egg whites in a bowl and my son-in-law threw them out! Next time, I'll try the meringue. I had no trouble getting the pudding to set. It is like making cooked pudding and pie filling. You have to be sure that the pudding comes to a boil before taking it off the heat. Also, some of the pudding should be added to the egg yolks before adding the egg yolks to the rest of the pudding. This is to prevent the egg yolks from curdling.
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This is the best coconut pie filling ever. I made it for a friend's housewarming, and it disappeared in a few minutes, with everyone asking, "Hey, where'd the pie go?" I used Kittencal's butter pie crust (#66929), which was flaky and delicious, and an excellent complement to the rich, creamy filling. If you're cooking on an electric stove, though, I'd forget about trying to cook this over low heat. After 25 minutes, it was still runny. I cranked the heat up to medium and cooked it until it started to bubble. I used whipped cream instead of meringue -- next time I'll try the meringue.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Bev I Am
United States
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