Homemade Coconut Cream Pie is a favorite in the South, and the South in known for pies ranging from pecan and peanut butter pie to apple and muscadine.
Coconut Cream Pie a delicious custard style pie with meringue and topped with flaked coconut. The filling is rich and fluffy with just the right ratio of coconut to give it extra texture and flavor. The homemade meringue is thick and rich, and the coconut sprinkled on top looks pretty and again adds flavor.
Homemade Coconut Cream Pie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 6 TBS sugar
- 5 TBS plain all purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 cups milk
- 3 egg yolks (and save the egg whites for the meringue)
- 1 cup flaked coconut (fresh, canned, or bagged)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract or flavoring
- 1 baked pie shell – 9 inch size
Directions:
- Put the sugar, flour and sauce in a heavy saucepan.
- Add the milk and egg yolks and stir well.
- Turn heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes while stirring the entire time.
- Remove from heat and stir in coconut and vanilla flavoring.
- Allow to cool a while and pour into baked pie shell (homemade or store bought crust).
Homemade Meringue Recipe for Coconut Cream Pie (or any other type pie)
Ingredients:
- 3 egg whites (saved from the coconut custard pie recipe)
- 4 TBS sugar
- ½ cup flaked coconut
Directions:
- Beat the egg whites until they form peaks.
- Continue beating egg whites while adding sugar slowly until stiff.
- Spread egg mixture (the meringue) on top of coconut cream pie.
- Sprinkle top of meringue with coconut.
- Turn oven to 425 degrees F and place pie close top heating element until top is prettily browned. Watch close as the pie meringue can go from white to too dark really fast.
More Favorite Southern Pie Recipes:
Pecan Pie Recipe - Pecan Pie is probably the number one favorite and most well known of the Southern pies. It is really rich, but it is a really fabulous pie from scratch.
Super Easy Blender Coconut Pie - Just mix this magic pie up in the blender. It sorts out during the cooking. Kids enjoy making and eating this fun homemade Southern pie.
Lemon Meringue Pie - Another classic, Lemon Meringue Pie has been popular for years and never goes out of style. The citrus flavor makes a nice balance after a full Southern meal.
Super Easy Strawberry Pie - This pie, made with fresh strawberries, tastes similar to the lucious strawberry pie at Shoney's. It is an easy to make pie and great warm or chilled.
Vidalia Onion Pie Recipe - Put a new spin on dinner with an onion pie as a side dish. An onion pie may sound strange, but this will make believers out of everyone.
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