Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. scalded milk
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. coconut
3 egg yolks
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Mix sugar, salt and cornstarch together; then pour into egg yolks that have been well beaten.
Pour scalded milk into this mixture.
Put in top of a double boiler and stir while cooking until mixture is thick.
Add butter, coconut and vanilla.
Pour into baked pie shell and top with meringue.
Brown.