Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/2 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
3 c. milk
4 eggs
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 (3 1/2 oz.) can flaked coconut (1 1/3 c.)

Preparation

In saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir the mixture until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat. Cook and stir 2 minutes more.
Remove saucepan from heat. Separate egg yolks from whites. Set whites aside for meringue. Beat egg yolks slightly.
Gradually stir 1 cup of the hot mixture into yolks. Return egg mixture to saucepan; bring to gentle boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Stir in butter or margarine and vanilla. Stir in 1 cup coconut.
Pour hot mixture into baked pastry shell (9-inch). Cover with meringue.
Sprinkle with remaining coconut. Bake in a 350\u00b0 oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until meringue is golden.