This old-fashioned Coconut Cream Pie recipe is the stuff dreams are made of. With a deliciously buttery and flaky pie crust, it's filled with creamy homemade custard and topped with lots of fresh whipped cream and toasted coconut! It's heaven for coconut lovers. I have a lot of favorite pie recipes, so if I'm making a cream pie, it's usually a tough decision to make between banana cream pie and soho1015.ooi.kr this coconut cream pie. It's not a big deal if they are both on the dessert table because I can have small pieces of each! However, if I'm only making one flavor, deciding which to make is nearly impossible. They are both so delicious! What is a Cream Pie? This is the best coconut cream pie I have ever tried and it's an easy recipe too! I made this particular pie for our annual Pi Day party this year and it was a hit. Even Paul likes this pie, and coconut isn't even his thing! C on tent h as been generated with the help of G SA Con tent G ener ator DE MO .
He will typically opt for chocolate cream or banana pudding instead, but this time he went back for a second slice of coconut cream, and that's definitely saying something. At some point, I got it in my head that coconut cream pie is associated with Easter, although I really don't know why. Maybe the fluffy white whipped cream and coconut flakes on top of the custard filling remind me of fluffy bunny tails! Obviously, we love pie around here, and I look for any excuse to make it. Other than coconut cream pie, another of our favorite pie recipes for Easter is this blueberry sour cream custard pie. With a creamy blueberry filling on top of a buttery flaky crust, it's topped with a pecan streusel crumble topping, and is utterly divine! If you love pies for dessert, be sure to check out all my other pie recipes! Making your own pie crust from scratch is easier than you think, and I can show you how to make a pie crust in my post here, a detailed article complete with a video tutorial to go with it as well!
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It is an easy coconut cream pie recipe even though everything can be made from scratch! It's a great recipe to make ahead. Make it up to 2 days in advance with the whipping cream topping added just before serving. Customize your coconut cream filling and the coconut toppings by adjusting the amount of coconut used, or by using regular milk instead of coconut milk. Great for pot lucks or a special occasion, this pie is a crowd pleaser! What is a Cream Pie? A cream pie is a pudding or custard-filled pie with sweetened whipped cream on top. I strongly prefer homemade, completely from scratch cream pies over ones made with a packet of instant pudding, which is easy, but never as rich and scrumptious, in my opinion. The pudding or custard is usually made from milk, cream, sugar, flour or cornstarch for thickening, and eggs. In the case of this coconut cream pie, we are amping up the coconut flavor by replacing some of the cream and milk typically called for in a cream pie recipe with coconut milk instead.
You could make this pie without coconut milk and it would still taste good, it would just have a milder coconut flavor. Also, while I usually use whole milk for coconut cream pies, you can use half-and-half for a richer pie, or even use 2% milk instead of whole milk and still get good results. Heavy Cream - Use cartons that say "heavy cream" or "heavy whipping cream" as you need the rich thickness of these types to make the right consistency of whipped cream for this pie. Pie Crust - You can use a store-bought crust if you don't have time to make one yourself, but my homemade pie crust recipe is super easy - it's definitely worth a go! Vanilla - Pure Vanilla Extract gives the coconut filling a warm and slightly sweet flavor. Sugar - Granulated sugar is good for the pie filling to sweeten it up. You could also use a sweetener to make it refined-sugar free but still have great flavor.