COCONUT CREAM PIE
Pies, Cakes and Desserts
Ingredients
Directions
1/3 cup sifted flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk, scalded
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 egg yolks, well beaten
1 baked 9-inch pie shell
Combine flour, sugar and salt. Add milk. Cook in double boiler until thickened, stirring constantly. Pour a small amount of mixture over egg yolks, stirring vigorously. Return to double boiler and cook 10 minutes longer. Add coconut and vanilla. Put in pie shell and cover with meringue. Bake in slow oven at 300° until delicate brown.
MERINGUE
Gradually add sugar to the stiffly beaten egg whites. Add vanilla. Spread over pie.
Hawthorne Family Cookbook,
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk, scalded
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 egg yolks, well beaten
1 baked 9-inch pie shell
Combine flour, sugar and salt. Add milk. Cook in double boiler until thickened, stirring constantly. Pour a small amount of mixture over egg yolks, stirring vigorously. Return to double boiler and cook 10 minutes longer. Add coconut and vanilla. Put in pie shell and cover with meringue. Bake in slow oven at 300° until delicate brown.
MERINGUE
Gradually add sugar to the stiffly beaten egg whites. Add vanilla. Spread over pie.
Hawthorne Family Cookbook,
Source: PDF page 194
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