Mom's Coconut Cream PIe

30m
Prep Time
15m
Cook Time
45m
Ready In


"Hubby's favorite pie. Mom's pies are so much better than chain restaurant pies, they shouldn't even be in the same category. Use mom's pie crust recipe, or if you're a beginner, my sister Lauren's, under my recipes. Prep time doesn't include making and baking pie shell."

Original is 8 servings
  • CREAM FILLING
  • MERINGUE

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (200.5 g)
  • Calories 477.5
  • Total Fat - 30.8 g
  • Saturated Fat - 13.2 g
  • Cholesterol - 1003.1 mg
  • Sodium - 217.5 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 33 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
  • Sugars - 25.7 g
  • Protein - 16.8 g
  • Calcium - 233.3 mg
  • Iron - 2.8 mg
  • Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Pie shell should already be baked using a crust guard and cooled.

Step 2

Pie:

Step 3

In heavy saucepan, whisk together sugar, salt and cornstarch. Add milk and corn syrup, cooking on medium heat til thick.

Step 4

Temper egg yolks by stirring a spoonful of hot milk, repeating until yolks are warm enough to add to hot milk.

Step 5

Whisk tempered yolks into saucepan and cook 3 minutes, whisking constantly. Remove from heat, add butter, vanilla and coconut.

Step 6

Meringue:

Step 7

If you have a kitchenaid mixer, use wire beater. Beat egg whites, water and baking powder til stiff peaks form. Test with a fork, if fork stands up, egg whites are stiff enough.

Step 8

Pour sugar in a slow stream with mixer on lowest setting, then whip again til stiff.

Step 9

Spread onto pie, making sure crust is completely covered and sealed at pastry edge to prevent weeping. Be careful not to pile on so much that your pie keeper won't close. You can always bake the extra meringue in a ramekin along with the pie.

Step 10

Bake pie 5-7 minutes, or until meringue turns golden. Cool completely on wire rack.

Step 11

Note to family: this is my meringue recipe, mom's called for adding 1/3 cup sugar to the egg whites, no water or baking powder.

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