Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (9-inch) baked pie shell
2 c. milk
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 c. moist shredded coconut
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. butter
6 Tbsp. flour

Preparation

Mix sugar, flour and salt in a saucepan.
Gradually stir in milk.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils.
Boil for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat. Gradually stir at least 1/2 of hot mixture into egg yolks.
Blend into hot mixture in saucepan.
Boil for 2 minutes more, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Blend in butter and vanilla.
Fold in coconut.
Pour into baked pie shell.
Top with meringue.