Amish Cracker Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 quart milk
2 large egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup saltine crackers, crumbled
3/4 cup coconut
2 large egg whites
1/2 cup sugar

Preparation

scald milk in saucepan -- add beaten egg yolks.3/4 cup sugar, cracker crumbs and coconut.mix well --
cooking and stirring constantly.till thickened.
remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
pour into sprayed 3 quart baking dish --
beat egg whites till stiff and gradually add 1/2 cup sugar to make a meringuw --
spread over pudding and put in oven long enough to nicely brown meringue tips.
be careful not to burn.