Coconut Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. sugar
3 heaping Tbsp. cornstarch
3 c. milk
3 egg yolks (set aside whites for meringue)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. butter
2 c. coconut
3 to 4 drops yellow food coloring

Preparation

Mix sugar and cornstarch together in saucepan.
Beat egg yolk; add to milk and pour into pan with sugar and cornstarch. Cook over low heat until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Remove from stove; add vanilla, butter and food coloring.
Put one cup of coconut into baked 9-inch pie shell.
Make meringue from egg white that you have set aside.
Pour filling into pie shell; cover with meringue.
Spread the other cup of coconut over meringue.
Place in 350\u00b0 oven until golden brown.