Old-Fashioned Coconut Cream Pie

Total Time

Prep: 40 min. + cooling Cook: 15 min. + chilling

Makes

8 servings

Updated: Apr. 13, 2023
After their wedding in a small country church, our daughter Angela and her husband, Lonnie Robertson, were driven to the reception in a horse-drawn wagon—along the same route that Angela's great-grandparents took in the 1800s! Later, the guests raved over luscious desserts like this old-fashioned pie.

Ingredients

  • Dough for single-crust pie
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups whole milk
  • 3 large egg yolks, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut, divided
  • 2 cups whipped cream or whipped topping

Directions

  1. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°.
  2. Line crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edge is golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack.
  3. In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt; gradually add milk until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat. Gradually stir a small amount into egg yolks; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
  4. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Cool to lukewarm; fold in 2/3 cup coconut. Pour into crust. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours. Meanwhile, toast the remaining 1/3 cup coconut. To serve, top with whipped cream and sprinkle with toasted coconut. Store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 460 calories, 28g fat (17g saturated fat), 121mg cholesterol, 267mg sodium, 46g carbohydrate (28g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.