Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. plus 2 Tbsp. milk
1 1/4 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. cornstarch
pinch of salt
3 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. coconut
1 baked pie shell

Preparation

Heat 3 cups of milk in top of double boiler.
Mix the sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Beat egg yolks and 2 tablespoons of milk; add to sugar mixture.
Stir in hot milk; cook until thickened. Remove from heat; add vanilla and coconut.
Pour into pie shell.