I’d never tried coconut cream pie. (Sorry to keep beating the same old bush, but do you remember the chocolate pie?! Yeah, it’s that good, so growing up I never branched out.) I hear that two of my aunts make a mean coconut cream pie, but I wouldn’t know. I’d never needed the best coconut cream pie recipe.

Then I got married, and guess what? Handsome HATES chocolate. So no chocolate pie for him. Who is he anyway? Until recently we both thought there was chocolate in Pecan pie – so we didn’t like that pie either. Handsome would tolerate apple pie – it’s pretty dang good.

So what does he like? Coconut Cream Pie. He LOVES coconut cream pie. It’s his favorite. I scoured Pinterest to find a great recipe, but nothing came close to his mom’s recipe. It’s the BEST Coconut Cream Pie recipe. So I begged for it. (And guess what? It’s pretty easy! SCORE!)

Looking at the recipe, this pie is simple – not a lot to it – and I’ll admit I was skeptical. Make a custard. Fill pie crust. Eat and enjoy. Simple, but flavorful and ridiculously creamy.

I made. I tried. I loved.

What can I say? For once, Handsome was right. (But I’d still choose Chocolate. Sorry.)

This pie is so creamy, so custardy, and oh so delish – it really is the BEST coconut cream pie recipe. Who knew I loved ALL pies so much?

Check out the other pies posted so far…..here’s CHOCOLATE and PECAN – both are ridiculously good.

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The Best Coconut Cream Pie

Prep Time20

Cook Time10

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Author: Pam (my MIL)

Ingredients

Crust:

1 c. flour
1 tsp salt
1/3 c. shortening chilled
3 TB cold water + a few drips

Coconut Cream Filling:

3/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. flour
1/8 tsp salt
2 c. scalded milk microwave
2 TB butter
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
2 eggs well beaten
1 c. coconut

Instructions

Crust:

Mix flour and salt
Cut in chilled shortening until small clumps form
Sprinkle water over clumps
Carefully knead
Add a few extra drips of water (You do not want a crumbly pie crust!)
Roll out
Place in pie pan
Prick with a fork several times
Place beans or pie weights on the crust
Bake @400 for 8-10 min (or until golden)

Coconut Cream Filling:

Combine sugar, flour, salt, hot milk and butter in saucepan.
Cook on medium until it thickens
Add a few spoonfuls to the beaten egg mixture
Stir constantly
Add egg mixture back to saucepan.
Cook another 2-3 minutes
Remove from heat
Add vanilla, vanilla beans, and coconut.
Fill pie.
Cool in fridge
Top with whipped cream.

4 Comments

Looks delicious! My husband would love this one!

We are so similar! I pretty much only ate chocolate pie growing up but I finally started trying other pies and like most pies! Chocolate will always be my favorite though. And my husband will eat a tiny bit of chocolate pie but prefers anything else! This coconut cream pie looks so pretty and delicious! Thanks for sharing!