Shelly's Recipe

SKY HIGH COCONUT CREAM PIE

Category: Pies - Cream and Custard

2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cornstarch
4 egg yolks
1/4 cup grated fresh coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 baked pie shell
Meringue (recipe follows)

Combine milk, sugar and salt in saucepan. Let come almost to a boil over medium heat. Stir in cornstarch and egg yolks; cook a few minutes longer.

Add grated coconut and vanilla. Cool before filling pie shell. Double your meringue recipe for sky-high effect.

MERINGUE

2 egg whites
4 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Add vanilla or other flavoring.

Spoon meringue onto pie filling, spreading to crust edge to seal filling in.

Bake at 325 degrees F for 15-18 minutes or until nicely browned.

For a higher topping, use 3 egg whites, 6 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Double the recipe for a large pie or two pies.

Makes 1 pie