Coconut Pie

Name: Coconut Pie
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: Dough for single-crust pie; 1-1/2 cups whole milk; 1 cup sugar; 3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut; 2 large eggs, lightly beaten; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon butter, melted; 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Total Time Prep: 10 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling

Yield 8 servings

Test Kitchen Approved

If you love coconut, this old-fashioned coconut pie is tough to beat. It requires only a few ingredients and has all the coconut flavor you love.

Ingredients

Dough for single-crust pie
1-1/2 cups whole milk
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge.
In a large bowl, combine milk, sugar, coconut, eggs, flour, butter and vanilla. Pour into crust.
Bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes. Cool to room temperature on a wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 382 calories, 19g fat (12g saturated fat), 85mg cholesterol, 227mg sodium, 49g carbohydrate (32g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.

Watching my mother cook from scratch, I hardly knew that anything was available premade until I'd left home. One of Mom's best desserts is her creamy old-fashioned coconut pie. A rich slice is true comfort food. —Mary McGuire, Graham, North Carolina

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