Coconut Cream Pie
Recipe: #12138
February 21, 2014
Categories: Desserts, Coconut, Baby Shower, Brunch, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Easter, Fathers Day Game/Sports Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Mothers Day, Thanksgiving, Oven Bake, Pies, more
"This is the Blue Bonnet Cafe's world famous Coconut Cream Pie. The Marble Falls, Texas café is well known for it's down-home comfort food. Their coconut cream pie is pretty amazing, with it's HUGE dome of meringue! You can top with whipped cream instead of meringue, but why mess with a good thing???"
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (182.9 g)
- Calories 351.6
- Total Fat - 15 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.8 g
- Cholesterol - 125.7 mg
- Sodium - 250.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 48.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.4 g
- Sugars - 43.1 g
- Protein - 7 g
- Calcium - 125.3 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
To make the Pie
Step 1
Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Reserve egg whites for a meringue topping or discard.
Step 2
Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and milk. Cook mixture over medium to low heat, stirring constantly. After mixture bubbles ups and thickens, cook an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Step 3
Beat egg yolks slightly. Gradually stir 1 cup of hot mixture into yolks, being careful not to scramble the yolks. Return the egg mixture to saucepan; bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Step 4
Add butter and vanilla; stir until butter is melted. Add the coconut and mix. Pour mixture into a baked 9-inch pie crust. Allow pie mixture to cool.
To make the meringue
Step 5
Beat egg whites (at room temperature) and cream of tartar with an electric mixer at high speed. Beat until foamy. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stiff peaks form and the sugar is dissolved (2 to 4 minutes).
Step 6
Beat in vanilla and spread meringue over hot coconut filling, sealing to the edge of the pastry. Sprinkle extra coconut on top of meringue. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes or until browned. Allow pie to cool completely before cutting.
Tips
No special items needed.