Day 2 - Coconut Cream Pie

Coconut Cream Pie – Debbie Stewart

1c sugar

½ c flour

¼ t salt

3 c milk

4 eggs

 3 T butter

1 ½ t Vanilla

1 1/3 c flaked coconut

Bake pie shell in 450 degrees for 10-12 min. For filling, in sauce pan combine sugar, flour, or cornstarch, and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook + stir until thick + bubbly. Reduce heat. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.  Then separate egg yolks from whites, set whites aside for meringue. Beat yolks slightly. Gradually stir 1 cup of hot mixture into yolks. Return egg mixture to sauce pan. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Stir in 1 cup of coconut. Pour hot mixture into baked pastry shell

Meringue:

4 egg whites

1 t vanilla

½ t cream of tartar

½ c sugar

Beat egg whites, vanilla, and cream of tartar at medium speed until soft peaks form (1min)

Gradually add sugar beating at high speed until stiff peaks appear and sugar is dissolved (4min)

Spread on pie top with rest of coconut.

Bake at 350 degrees for  12-15 minutes

Let the pie cool, cover it, and store it in the fridge.

Critique

Allan –  Strong coconut flavour, very heavy and filling, crust was a little wet. Top was like a giant macaroon. Yum.

Nancy – Very filling, strong coconut flavour....I love coconut, and the topping was light compared to the bottom. Very nice!

Josiah – Extreme coconut....I don’t like coconut. Dislike.

Hannah -  Flavorful, too much coconut....it’s ok.

Samuel – Don’t like the yellow junk, but I like the topping, it’s good.

       Something I forgot to note yesterday.....budget. The cost for the first 7 days was $47.37 CAD not including the odd things we had in our house at the time. I figure this will off set itself as the month rolls on.

        Allan and Nancy are the parents here, Josiah is 16 years old, Hannah is 14 and Samuel is 12. Kids are kids, and likes and dislikes will be obvious, Nancy and I, on the other hand, are more willing to try new things. Squash pie and sweat potato pie will be two of the larger challenges for us all. Don't get me wrong, we love pumpkin pie (made only with real pumpkin) but squash should be similar according to my friend Sue, who's recipe we will be using.