Homemade Vanilla Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. sugar
1/3 c. all-purpose flour or 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. milk
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. flaked coconut
1 (9-inch) baked pastry shell

Preparation

Combine sugar, flour and salt in saucepan.
Gradually stir in milk and cook over medium heat until bubbly, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 2 minutes and then remove from heat.
Stir small amount hot mixture into egg yolks and return to saucepan. Continue to cook and stir 2 minutes.
Remove from heat; add butter and vanilla.
Sprinkle flaked coconut over bottom of pastry shell. Add 1 cup of coconut to cooked mixture and pour into cooled pastry shell.
Spread meringue atop pie.
Top with remaining coconut (approximately 1/3 cup) and bake at 350\u00b0 for 12 to 15 minutes.
Cool and serve.
You may substitute whipped topping for meringue but do not bake.