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toasted coconut cream pie

Toasted Coconut Cream Pie

bakedbree
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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.
  • 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.
  • Bring the mixture to a boil. It will come to a bubble and start to thicken.
  • 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.
  • Add the vanilla and the toasted coconut to the custard.
  • Pour the coconut custard into the cooled pie shell.
  • Put a piece of plastic wrap directly onto the custard, and let chill in the fridge for 3 hours, the filling will firm up.
  • Take the pie out, and garnish with whipped cream and toasted coconut.
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