Crumbly Coconut Pie
If you got some extra coconut at home, try this delicious coconut pie. This is so easy to make and I know you'll love it so much!
Ingredients
Pie Ingredients
- 9 inches pie shell baked
- 2 cups milk
- 3 medium eggs separated
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour all-purpose
- 1 dash salt
- ½ stick butter
- 1 handful coconut
Meringue Ingredients
- 3 medium egg whites
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Meringue Instructions
- Beat the egg whites until it is frothy, and graduallt add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Add cream of tartar and beat the mixture until stiff peaks form.
- Add the vanilla flavouring.
Pie Instructions
- Put milk in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan to warm (not boil) over medium heat.
- Mix the flour, sugar and salt.
- After the milk is warm, add the flour mixture to it.
- Cook until it is almost thick.
- Slightly beat eggs yolks and add approximately 1/2 to 1 cup of the hot milk mixture to the egg yolks.
- Mix it up, then add this back to the saucepan with the remaining hot milk mixture, and continue to cook until thick, take off the stove, add the butter and coconut, and stir together until butter melts.
- Let cool a little, then pour into the baked pie shell.
- Put meringue on top, making sure that the meringue touches the sides of the pie shell so it will not shrink away.
- Sprinkle some coconut on top of the meringue.
- Bake in a 350-degree Fahrenheit oven until the meringue is as brown as you want it.
Nutrition
Calories: 244kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 5gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 84mgSodium: 114mgPotassium: 158mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 364IUVitamin C: 0.004mgCalcium: 88mgIron: 1mg
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