I wish I could give this recipe more than 5 stars! I'm a Brit and had never even tasted coconut cream pie before, let alone made one! My step-daughter wanted one for her birthday and - never one to shy from a challenge - I checked here for a recipe I thought I could go with. Having read the wonderful reviews, I amended the recipe as follows: I used a whole can of coconut milk and made it up to 3 cups with 1/2 and 1/2. I used 2 eggs plus a yolk, replaced the flour with 1/2 cup of cornstarch and followed TRISKELE's advise and microwaved the custard (5 1/2 minutes, whisking well after every minute - so easy and worked like a dream.) I only toasted the coconut for the topping (couldn't find the frozen stuff so I used the bagged kind) and I agree with Julie - don't spoil this wonderful pie with CoolWhip! Get your mixer out and whip up a carton of cream with 2 tbls of confectioners sugar and a teaspoon of the best vanilla essence you can find. CRXGURL said there's a bit too much custard so I used a 10" graham cracker crust - the custard quantity was perfect and we got an extra slice of pie! My step-daughter was over the moon and I'm sure I'll be making this many more times in the future. Thanks for a fabulous recipe!
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