Old Fashioned Coconut Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup shredded coconut
2 eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon pure coconut extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell
1/4 cup apricot preserves
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cream
1/3 cup coconut, lightly toasted

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl combine the milk, sugar, coconut, eggs, flour, butter and coconut extract.
Stir until well incorporated.
Pour into the unbaked pie shell.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted 1 inch from the center comes out clean.
Remove and place on a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
In a medium bowl combine the apricot preserves and vanilla.
Add the cream and beat until stiff.
Spread this over the cooled pie and garnish with toasted coconut.
Serve.