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The Best Coconut Cream Pie

March 26, 2015 by Kaylynn Zoe 4 Comments

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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.

the best coconut cream pie

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.

the best coconut cream pie

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!)

the best coconut cream pie
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.

the best coconut cream pie
I made. I tried. I loved.

the best coconut cream pie
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?

the best coconut cream pie
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 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time30 minutes mins
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.

 

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipes Tagged With: coconut, coconut cream, March Fo[u]rth, Pie, TRF

Comments

  1. Meagan says

    March 26, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Looks delicious! My husband would love this one!

    Reply
  2. Becky @ lovetobeinthekitchen says

    March 26, 2015 at 11:01 AM

    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!

    Reply
  3. Emily says

    March 29, 2015 at 8:36 PM

    I’m totally going to have to make this. And probably eat it all by myself because I’m selfish like that.

    Reply

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  1. Easy as Pie: a Simple Pie Crust Recipe | Among the Young says:
    November 25, 2020 at 6:56 PM

    […] was the pie crust that my husband grew up with. It was the family favorite – they loved Coconut Cream pie, and Banana cream pie (which is actually the same recipe as the coconut, but instead of adding […]

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