Ingredients for the pie filling:

2 cups scalded milk

½ cups sugar

4 tablespoons flour

2 egg yolks 

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ to ¾ cups coconut flakes

2 tablespoons melted butter

Scald your milk in a pan on the stove. In a bowl, mix your 2 egg yolks with your sugar, flour, and butter. Beat well—you can add a bit of the milk to the mixture. Pour the mixture into your milk. Bring to a full boil and stir to prevent burning. You can add ½ to 1 teaspoon of cornstarch to help thicken. It will thicken as it cools. Add your vanilla and coconut. Let it sit to cool a bit.

Pie Crust

For one pie crust:

2 heaping tablespoons of Crisco

2 heaping tablespoons flour

½ teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons water

Mix and roll out

Place into glass or aluminum pie pan

Poke with a fork on the bottom and sides

Bake at 350 until lightly brown

Place the pie filling into your crust

Meringue for top of pie:

2 egg whites

2 tablespoons sugar

½ teaspoons of cream of Tartar

Beat until it forms a peak

Add to the top of the pie filling

Add a sprinkle of coconut on top

Brown in your oven on low broil—it only take a few minutes

This is one of my family favorites

Hope you like  it!