Coconut Cream Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 9 in.baked pastry shell (graham cracker or ritz cracker pie crust)
• 2 egg whites
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 10 -12 ritz crackers, broken in half

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, flour, and salt in the top of a double boiler.
• 2 add milk and egg yolks, stirring constantly.
• 3 place over rapidly boiling water and cook for 10 minutes, still stirring constantly.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 stir in vanilla and coconut.
• 6 cool slightly and turn into prepared and baked pie shell.
• 7 set aside.
• 8 in a medium glass bowl beat eggs until fluffy.
• 9 add 2 t.
• 10 sugar and beat until well incorporated.
• 11 repeat with 1/2 t.
• 12 vanilla, then the remaining 2 t.
• 13 sugar.
• 14 beat until stiff peaks (just) form.
• 15 pile lightly on warm filling but do not take to edges yet.
• 16 gently push ritz cracker halves into the filling around the edge of the pie, side by side.
• 17 push the meringue to the edges, forming peaks all over.
• 18 sprinkle with the 1/2 cup coconut.
• 19 bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• 20 remove and cool on a wire rack, then chill for 4 hours or more.