Tips
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Ingredients
* Four egg yolks lightly beaten
* ¾ cup granulated sugar
* ¼ cup cornstarch
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
* 2 ½ cups whole milk
* 2 teaspoons pure vanilla
* ½ stick of unsalted butter at room temp
* 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
* coconut flakes ( bake the flakes at about 350° for two minutes or until nice golden brown.)
In a saucepan mix eggs, sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, salt and milk. Place on the stove at low/medium heat. Keep stirring for 10 to 18 minutes until the mixture becomes very thick. Do not stop stirring or you will have a disaster. Remove from the stove and add vanilla, butter and coconut. Cover the mixture with plastic and place mixture in the refrigerator until it is cool. Pour into a pre-baked pie crust. Garnish with whipped cream and the toasted coconut flakes. The flakes should be baked until light brown in the oven at 350 degrees. You can eat the pie while is cool but it will taste better at room temperature.