I've included an optional graham cracker crust recipe below. Try a cookie crumb crust if you'd prefer, or even a regular, pre-baked pie shell. You can use whatever kind of crust you'd like, homemade or store-bought. Jump to Recipe Pastry Shell versus Graham Cracker Crust Skip to the end for a more concise recipe. What follows is a rather long tutorial, if you need a step-by-detailed-step walkthrough. The filling is the most important and delicious part to make from scratch. You can use a store-bought graham cracker crust, and whipped topping or spray whipped cream from the store if you'd like. There's 3 components to making a coconut cream pie: crust, filling, and whipped cream topping.
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And you can adjust its sweetness to taste! How to Make a Coconut Cream Pie Yes, it would be easier to just stir milk with a box of instant pudding mix, but trust me that homemade pudding is so much tastier and wholesome. It's got a heavyish dose of vanilla, and you stir in a large (but not excessive) amount of sweetened shredded coconut. It's a creamy pudding, thickened with cornstarch, that you cook on the stove. I loved the recipe when I made it, so much that I've never tried another recipe for it. I only first made this recipe because it was the only pie recipe in my 2000 Betty Crocker Cookbook (affiliate link) that called for a premade graham cracker crust thus it became recipe 203 of my 365 Recipe Challenge in 2010. I hope it is, though, because it makes me happy to think so.Įven so, this isn't a family recipe at all. He passed away 10 years ago at this point, and I can't recall if that's actually true. I've said for years that coconut cream pie was my grandpa's favorite pie too. I don't make pie often, because it's hard for a family of 2 and a half to finish an entire pie before the crust gets soggy. I have a few favorites (five, which is more than I expected*), but I seldom choose pie over other dessert. I don't consider myself to be a huge pie person. Let's have fruit as part of our meal, and have our dessert be a pie that's smooth and creamy, like this Coconut Cream Pie.Ĭoconut Cream Pie is one of my favorite pies. I love fruit, but it's best fresh or dried, and usually unsweetened.