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Coconut Cream Pie Story

Easy Coconut Cream Pie features a flaky pie crust, coconut custard, toasted coconut, and fresh whipped cream. It’s a coconut-lovers dream come true. Make it with a regular or gluten free pie crust.

If you’re like the old me and kind of struggle with pies, this recipe for coconut cream pie is a great place to start. Since you’re only baking the pie crust, you don’t need to worry about baking a crust and a filling together like with a fruit pie. Baby steps, right?

The star of this coconut cream pie is clearly the coconut because after all, it is a coconut cream pie.  The coconut custard is made with coconut milk and flavored with coconut extract and toasted coconut.

How To Make Coconut Cream Pie 

Ingredients

– 1 9-inch pie crust (see notes) – 1 14 oz. can full-fat coconut milk (1 3/4 C) – 1 1/4 cups half & half (see notes for dairy free) – 2 large eggs – 3/4 cup granulated sugar – 1/3 cup cornstarch – 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt – 1 cup coconut flakes (sweetened or unsweetened) – 1 teaspoon coconut extract – 1 cup heavy whipping cream – 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract – 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Roll out your chilled pie crust, place in pan and poke the bottom and sides several times with a fork. Cover with parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans for blind baking.

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Bake pie crust for 20 minutes then remove the crust from the oven and carefully remove the pie weights and parchment paper.

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