Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

single pastry crust, baked
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. flour or 1/4 c. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. milk
2 beaten egg yolks
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. coconut
1 (3 1/2 oz.) can flaked coconut or 1 1/2 c.

Preparation

In a medium saucepan, combine the 1 cup sugar, flour or cornstarch and salt; gradually stir in milk.
Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly.
Cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
Remove saucepan from heat.
Stir 1 cup of hot mixture into the beaten egg yolks.
Immediately return all mixture to hot mixture in the saucepan.
Return to gentle boil.
Cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
Remove from heat.
Stir in butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon coconut.
Stir in 1 cup coconut.
Pour into cooled baked pie shell.