“I was the Custard baby in the family. I loved anything with a custard taste, texture or smell. If Nana knew I was coming, there was her famous custard cups baking in the oven when I arrived… Always in those egg shaped speckled ceramic custard cups! This pie is another one of Nana's pies I put a spin on.”
This pie was a BIG Easter dessert table favorite. There was normally two in the oven at Nana's house. One was for the dessert table, and one was for her and I to cut into when everyone went to bed. She would come and get me after everyone went to bed, pour a glass of cold milk and cut us each a piece of chilled Coconut Custard Pie. These kind of memories are so nice to have...
Coconut Custard Pie
Servings – 8 Prep Time – 5 Minute Cook Time – 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
1 9" pie pie shell or you can use this recipe to make your own
4 eggs
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups milk
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 400° and spray a 10-inch pie plate with cooking spray and dust with flour, or just use Baker's Joy (flour is already in the spray).
Using your rolling pin to help transfer the pie crust to the pie dish. Carefully roll one end of the circle of dough gently onto the rolling pin, rolling it back towards you, slowly peeling it off the work surface as you go. Pick it up, and carefully roll it back out over the top of the pie dish; Set aside.
In a large bowl beat eggs then stir in milk sugar, salt, nutmeg or cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Whisk until well combined. Mixture may become a little frothy.
Stir in coconut, then pour mixture into pastry shell.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Serve slightly warm or chilled with a dollop of whipped cream. Store in refrigerator.
Notes:
Toast up an additional 1/2 cup of coconut in a pan over medium heat stirring constantly for 5 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant.
Sprinkle on the top as soon as it comes out of the oven. It will look a bit puffy when it comes out, but it will deflate as it cools.
Nutrion:
Calories 272 | Fat 12g | Cholesterol 99mg | Sodium 268mg | Carbohydrates 35g | Fiber 1g | Sugars 27g | Protein 7g | Calcium 107mg | Iron 1 mg | Potassium 200mg
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