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Creamy coconut cream pie topped with toasted coconut flakes and whipped cream.

Toasted Coconut Cream Pie

Bree Hester
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 301 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 prebaked 9-inch pie crust
  • 2 cups half and half
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup toasted sweetened coconut plus more for garnish
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • whipped cream I used about 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, 1 packet Whip-It, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 3 Tablespoons sugar

Instructions
 

  • Combine the half-and-half, coconut milk, eggs, sugar, flour, and salt in a saucepan.
    Flour and milk in a saucepan for baking recipes.
  • Whisk together. It will be pretty lumpy at this point. The flour will dissolve, and the coconut milk will melt into the half-and-half, I promise. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking constantly.
    Shiny stainless steel saucepan on stovetop with whisk inside it.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil. It will come to a bubble and start to thicken.
    Cream sauce being prepared in a stainless steel saucepan on a stove.
  • Any time I make a pudding, custard, or ice cream base (basically, whenever I cook eggs) I like to push it through a strainer to make sure that it is really smooth and no little bits of cooked egg end up in my custard. I put my custard into an ice bath to chill it down faster, I was in a bit of a rush.
    Creamy batter in blue mixing bowl with spatula for baking or dessert recipes.
  • Add the vanilla and the toasted coconut to the custard.
    Creamy batter in a mixing bowl for baking bread or cake, on a kitchen countertop.
  • Pour the coconut custard into the cooled pie shell.
    Creamy homemade pie baking in a glass dish with a decorative crust.
  • Put a piece of plastic wrap directly onto the custard, and let chill in the fridge for 3 hours, the filling will firm up.
    Stretch plastic wrap covering a partially assembled pie on a cooling rack.
  • Take the pie out, and garnish with whipped cream and toasted coconut.

Nutrition

Calories: 301kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 5gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 13gSodium: 160mgFiber: 1g
Keyword Toasted Coconut Cream Pie
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