Recipe for the day ~ Coconut Cream Pie

Coconut Cream Pie

(Courtesy of All Recipes)

**My sons and dads FAVORITE**

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 tspn salt

3 cups milk

4 egg yolks

3 TBspns butter

1 1/2 tspn vanilla extract

1 cup flaked coconut

1 (9-inch) pie shell, baked

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt over a medium heat

Gradually stir in milk

Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture is thick and bubbly

Reduce heat to low and cook 2 minutes more

Remove the pan from the heat

Place a strainer over a clean mixing bowl

Set aside

Beat the egg yolks slightly

Gradually pour 1 cup of the hot custard mixture into yolks, whisking constantly

Return the egg mixture to the saucepan and bring the entire mixture to a gently boil

Cook and stir 2 minutes before removing the pan from the heat

Immediately pour the custard through the strainer

Stir butter, vanilla and coconut into the hot mixture

Pour the hot filling into the baked pie crust

Cool and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours