Coconut Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup sugar
    1/3 cup flour
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    2 cups milk
    3 slightly beaten egg yolks
    2 tablespoons butter
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
    1 9 inch pie crust, baked
    2 cups fat-free whipped topping
    1/3 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
Preparation
    In a saucepan, mix sugar, flour or cornstarch and salt; gradually stir in milk; over medium heat, cook, stirring until bubbling; cook 2 minutes; remove from heat.
    Temper eggs by slowly adding a moderate amount of cooked mixture to them while stirring; pour back into saucepan.
    Cook another 2 minutes, stirring constantly; remove from heat; stir in butter, vanilla and 1 cup coconut.
    Pour into cooled pie shell and cool; top with whipped topping.
    Place 1/3 cup coconut on baking sheet and bake at 350\u00b0 until lightly toasted, 5-8 minutes; sprinkle on whipped topping.

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