Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 egg yolks
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. melted butter
2 c. scalded milk
1 c. grated coconut
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
9-inch baked pie shell

Preparation

Beat egg yolks.
Beat in sugar, salt, cornstarch and butter gradually.
Pour in milk and blend.
Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly, until thick.
Add coconut and cool.
Add flavoring and nutmeg and pour into shell.
Cover with meringue and bake 15 to 20 minutes in 300\u00b0 oven.