Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 c. evaporated milk
2 c. fresh milk
2 egg yolks
1/3 c. coconut
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt; add evaporated milk, then egg yolks and beat well.
Add fresh milk and cook in a heavy saucepan or double boiler, stirring continually, until thick. Remove from heat.
Add coconut and vanilla.
Pour into a cool pie shell.
Whip egg whites until frothy; add 1/4 cup sugar gradually. Beat until meringue stands in soft peaks.
Add 1/4 teaspoon vanilla.
Spread over cooled pie filling, sealing meringue to edge of crust.
Sprinkle with 1/4 cup coconut and brown in 350\u00b0 oven.